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GIFT  OF 


GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS 


LAWS,  REGULATIONS 
ORDERS,  and  MEMORANDA 

RELATING  TO  THE  ORGANIZATION  AND 
DUTIES  OF  THE  GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS 


OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF 

JANUARY,  1912 


WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 

1912 


GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS 


LAWS,  REGULATIONS 
ORDERS,  and  MEMORANDA 

RELATING  TO  THE  ORGANIZATION  AND 
DUTIES  OF  THE  GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS 


OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF 

JANUARY,  1912 

I 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1912 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  January  1,  1912. 

This  memorandum,  covering  the  laws,  regulations,  and  orders  respecting  the 
General  Staff  Corps,  is  furnished  to  officers  of  the  corps  for  their  information 
and  guidance. 

LEONARD  WOOD, 
Major  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 


BRIEF  OUTLINE  OF  EVENTS  LEADING  TO  THE  PAS- 
SAGE OF  THE  GENERAL  STAFF  ACT; 

AND  COMPILATION  OF  PRINCIPAL  REGULATIONS.  ORDERS  AND  MEMORANDA 

RELATIVE  TO  THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS  AND  THE 

DISTRIBUTION  OF  ITS  VARIOUS  DUTIES  AMONG  THE  SEVERAL  DIVISIONS 

THEREOF  WHICH  HAVE  BEEN  ESTABLISHED  FROM  TIME  TO  TIME. 


THE  ARMY  WAR  COLLEGE. 

The  first  step  taken  which  finally  led  to  the  establishment  of  the 
General  Staff  Corps  was  the  proposition  contained  in  the  Annual 
Report  of  the  Secretary  of  War  (Mr.  Root)  for  1899  for  the  estab- 
lishment of  an  Army  War  College.  This  was  followed  by  the  issue 
of  the  following  order: 

SPECIAL  ORDER  1  HEADQUARTERS  or  THE  ARMY, 

No.  42.         J  ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  February  19, 1900. 
******* 

31.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  a  board  of  officers  to 
consist  of  Brig.  Gen.  William  Ludlow,  United  States  Army;  Col. 
Henry  C.  Hasbrouck,  Seventh  United  States  Artillery;  Lieut.  Col. 
William  H.  Carter,  Assistant  Adjustant  General,  United  States  Army, 
is  appointed  to  meet  at  the  War  Department,  in  this  city,  on  Monday, 
February  26,  1900,  at  10  o'clock  a.  m.,  for  the  purpose  of  considering 
regulations  with  a  view  to  the  establishment  of  a  War  College  for 
the  Army.  The  travel  enjoined  is  necessary  for  the  public  service. 

By  command  of  Major  General  Miles: 

H.  C.  CORBIN, 

Adjutant  General. 

Lieut.  Col.  Jos.  P.  Sanger,  Inspector  General,  was  subsequently 
detailed  as  a  member  of  the  board. 

The  first  legislative  action  relating  to  the  Army  War  College  is 
contained  in  the  Army  appropriation  act  of  May  26, 1900,  as  follows : 

For  hire  of  clerks,  purchase  of  stationery,  furniture,  and  for  contingent  ex- 
penses incident  to  the  establishment  of  the  Army  War  College,  having  for  its 
object  the  direction  and  coordination  of  the  instruction  in  the  various  service 
schools,  extension  of  the  opportunities  for  investigation  and  study  in  the 
Army  and  militia  of  the  United  States,  and  the  collection  and  dissemination  of 
military  information,  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

This  appropriation  was  allowed  to  lapse  as  the  organization  of  the 
college  had  not  been  completed.  Since  that  time,  however,  an  annual 
appropriation  has  been  made  for  the  contingent  expenses  of  the  col- 
lege, the  same  being  disbursed  by  the  secretary  thereof,  in  accordance 
with  the  following  order: 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  195.          J  Washington,  December  27, 1904. 

The  secretary  of  the  Army  War  College  is  authorized  to  make  pur- 
chases and  sign  contracts  on  behalf  of  the  Army  War  College  from 

(3) 


all  funds  appropriated  under  the  act  of  Congress  approved  April 
23,  1904,  making  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1905,  and  for  all  subsequent  appropria- 
tions of  funds  for  the  Army  War  College.  All  purchases  and  con- 
tracts pertaining  to  the  appropriation  for  support  of  the  Army  War 
College  for  the  fiscal  year  1905,  made  by  the  secretary  of  the  Army 
War  College  prior  to  the  issuance  of  this  order,  are  hereby  approved 
and  confirmed. 
By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

ADNA  R.  CHAFFEE, 
Lieutanent  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

The  Army  War  College  was  formerly  established  by  paragraph  7, 
General  Orders  155,  November  27, 1901.  This  order  provided  for  the 
executive  head  of  the  college  to  be  an  officer  not  below  the  grade  of 
field  officer  and  for  a  War  College  Board  to  prepare  regulations  for 
the  government  of  the  college,  etc. 

The  War  College  Board  was  detailed  July  1,  1902  (General  Order 
No.  64),  and  consisted  of  Maj.  Gen.  Young,  Brig.  Gens.  Carter  and 
Bliss,  Maj.  H.  A.  Greene,  Asst.  Adjt.  Gen.  and  Maj.  Wm.  D.  Beach, 
Tenth  Cavalry;  also  the  following  ex  officio  members:  Gen.  Geo.  L. 
Gillespie,  Chief  of  Engineers;  Gen.  J.  Franklin  Bell,  commandant 
of  the  General  Service  and  Staff  College;  Col.  W.  F.  Randolph,  Chief 
of  Artillery;  and  Col.  A.  L.  Mills,  Superintendent  of  the  Military 
Academy. 

The  War  College  Board  was  dissolved  by  the  following  order: 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  2.  J  Washington,  August  15, 1903. 

******* 

The  War  College  Board  appointed  by  paragraph  2  of  General 
Orders,  No.  64,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  1902,  is  hereby  dissolved, 
and  hereafter  the  duties  assigned  to  said  board  by  paragraph  4  of 
General  Orders,  No.  155,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  1901,  will  be 
performed  by  such  section  of  the  War  Department  General  Staff  as 
may  be  designated  for  the  purpose  by  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

******* 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

S.  B.  M.  YOUNG, 

Lieutenant  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

That  part  of  General  Orders,  No.  115,  War  Department,  1904, 
which  outlines  the  general  character  of  work  to  be  performed  by  the 
permanent  personnel  and  students  on  duty  at  the  War  College  was 
revoked  by  the  following  order: 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  116.          J  Washington,  May  28,  1907. 

1.  Paragraphs  240  to  245,  both  inclusive,  of  General  Orders,  No. 
115,  June  27,  1904,  War  Department,  are  revoked. 

2.  The  organization  and  work  of  the  Army  War  College  will  here- 
after be  regulated  by  the  following  provisions : 

3.  The  purpose  of  the  War  College  is  to  make  a  practical  applica- 
tion of  knowledge  already  acquired,  not  to  impart  academic  in- 
struction. 


4.  The  objects  of  the  War  College  are — • 

(a)  The  direction  and  coordination  of  military  education  in  the 
Army  and  in  civil  schools  and  colleges  at  which  officers  of  the  Army 
are  detailed  under  acts  of  Congress  and  the  extension  of  opportunities 
for  investigation  and  study  in  the  militia  of  the  United  States. 

(b)  To  provide  facilities  for  and  to  promote  advanced  study  of 
military  subjects  and  to  formulate  the  opinions  of  the  college  body 
on  the  subjects  studied  for  the  information  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

5.  The  personnel  of  the  Army  War  College  shall  be  in  part  perma- 
nent and  in  part  temporary. 

6.  The  permanent  personnel  shall  consist  of  a  president,  to  be 
assigned  to  that  duty  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  officers  for 
ihe  time  being  of  the  third  division,  War  Department  General  Staff. 
The  chief  and  one  other  member  of  the  division  shall  be  directors  of 
the  college.     The  secretary  of  the  college  shall  also  be  selected  from 
the  permanent  personnel.     The  directors  and  secretary  shall  be  desig- 
nated in  orders. 

7.  The  temporary  personnel  of  the  Army  War  College  shall  consist 
of  such  officers,  not  below  the  grade  of  captain,  as  may  be  detailed  to 
that  duty  by  the  War  Department. 

8.  The  tour  of  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  temporary  personnel  shall 
be  for  a  period  not  exceeding  12  months,  beginning  on  November  1 
of  each  year. 

9.  The  interior  economy  of  the  War  College  shall  be  regulated  by 
the  president  and  directors,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of 
Staff. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

WILLIAM  P.  DUVALL, 
Brigadier  General,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

On  June  24,  1908,  General  Orders,  No.  116,  1907,  was  amended  as 
follows : 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  104.          J  Washington,  June  ££,  1908. 

*  ****** 

Paragraph  6,  General  Orders,  No.  116,  May  28,  1907,  War  Depart- 
ment, relating  to  the  Army  War  College,  is  rescinded  and  the  follow- 
ing substituted  therefor: 

6.  The  permanent  personnel  shall  consist  of  a  president,  to  be 
assigned  to  that  duty  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  officers  for  the 
time  being  of  the  second  section,  War  Department  General  Staff. 
Two  directors  and  a  secretary  of  the  college  shall  be  selected  from  the 
permanent  personnel  of  the  section. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

WILLIAM  P.  DUVALL, 
Major  General,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

GENERAL  STAFF   CORPS. 

The  Secretary  of  War  (Mr.  Root)  in  his  annual  report  for  1901 
stated  that  the  creation  of  the  War  College  Board  is  probably  as  near 
an  approach  to  the  establishment  of  a  General  Staff  as  is  practicable 
under  existing  law,  but  that  the  amount  of  work  which  that  board  ought 


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to  do  leads  to  the  conclusion  that  it  can  not  adequately  perform  all  the 
duties  of  a  General  Staff,  and  that  the  whole  subject  should  be  treated 
by  Congress  in  a  broader  way,  and  to  that  end  he  strongly  urged  the 
establishment  by  law  of  a  General  Staff,  of  which  the  War  College 
shall  form  a  part.  This  recommendation  was  further  elaborated  in 
the  Secretary's  report  for  1902,  in  which,  after  going  very  fully  into 
the  subject,  he  suggested  that  in  creating  a  General  Staff  the  desig- 
nation of  the  officer  called  the  "  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  " 
should  be  changed  to  "  Chief  of  Staff,"  and  that  the  latter's  powers 
be  enlarged  by  giving  him  the  immediate  direction  of  the  supply 
departments,  etc.  The  recommendations  made  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  these  reports  and  subsequently  in  the  hearings  had  before 
the  Committees  on  Military  Affairs  of  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  in  1902  resulted  in  the  passage  of  the  act  of  February 
14,  1903,  creating  a  General  Staff  Corps,  published  in  the  following 
general  order: 


GENERAL  ORDERS, 

No.  15. 


HEADQUARTERS  or  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  February  18,  1903. 


The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information 
and  goverment  of  all  concerned : 

AN  ACT  To  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Army. 

Be  it  enacted  "by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  there  is  hereby  established  a 
General  Staff  Corps,  to  be  composed  of  officers  detailed  from  the  Army  at  large, 
under  such  rules  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President. 

SEC.  2.  That  the  duties  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  shall  be  to  prepare  plans 
for  the  national  defense  and  for  the  mobilization  of  the  military  forces  in  time 
of  war;  to  investigate  and  report  upon  all  questions  affecting  the  efficiency  of 
the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation  for  military  operations;  to  render  pro- 
fessional aid  and  assistance  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  to  general  officers  and 
other  superior  commanders,  and  to  act  as  their  agents  in  informing  and  coordi- 
nating the  action  of  all  the  different  officers  who  are  subject  under  the  terms  of 
this  act  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff;  and  to  perform  such  other 
military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned  by  law  as  may  be  from  time  to  time 
prescribed  by  the  President. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  General  Staff  Corps  shall  consist  of  one  Chief  of  Staff  and 
two  general  officers,  all  to  be  detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the  Army 
at  large  not  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general ;  four  colonels,  six  lieutenant 
colonels,  and  twelve  majors,  to  be  detailed  from  the  corresponding  grades  in  the 
Army  at  large,  under  such  rules  for  selection  as  the  President  may  prescribe ; 
twenty  captains,  to  be  detailed  from  officers  of  the  Army  at  large  of  the  grades 
of  captain  or  first  lieutenant,  who  while  so  serving  shall  have  the  rank,  pay, 
and  allowances  of  captain  mounted.  All  officers  detailed  in  the  General  Staff 
Corps  shall  be  detailed  therein  for  periods  of  four  years,  unless  sooner  relieved. 
While  serving  in  the  General  Staff  Corps,  officers  may  be  temporarily  assigned 
to  duty  with  any  branch  of  the  Army.  Upon  being  relieved  from  duty  in  the 
General  Staff  Corps,  officers  shall  return  to  the  branch  of  the  Army  in  which 
they  hold  permanent  commission,  and  no  officer  shall  be  eligible  to  a  further 
detail  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  until  he  shall  have  served  two  years  with  the 
branch  of  the  Army  in  which  commissioned,  except  in  case  of  emergency  or  in 
time  of  war. 

SEC.  4.  That  the  Chief  of  Staff,  under  the  direction  of  the  President  or  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  under  the  direction  of  the  President,  shall  have  supervision 
of  all  troops  of  the  line  and  of  the  Adjutant  General's  Inspector  General's, 
Judge  Advocate's,  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence,  Medical,  Pay,  and  Ordnance 
Departments,  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  and  the  Signal  Corps,  and  shall  perform 
such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned  by  law  as  may  be  assigned  to 
him  by  the  President.  Duties  now  prescribed  by  statute  for  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification 


and  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  shall  be  performed  by 
the  Chief  of  Staff  or  other  officer  designated  by  the  President.  Acts  and  parts 
of  acts  authorizing  aids-de-camp  and  military  secretaries  shall  not  apply  to 
general  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps. 

SEC.  5.  That  the  Chief  of  Artillery  shall  hereafter  serve  as  an  additional 
member  of  the  General  Staff  and  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the 
Senate  shall  have  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  brigadier  general  and  when 
the  next  vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  brigadier  general  of  the  line,  it  shall  not 
be  filled,  and  thereafter  the  number  of  brigadier  generals  of  the  line,  exclusive 
of  the  Chief  of  Artillery,  shall  not  exceed  fourteen ;  and  the  provisions  of  the 
foregoing  sections  of  this  act  shall  take  effect  August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred 
and  three. 

Approved,  February  14,  1903. 

By  command  of  Lieut.  Gen.  Miles: 

H.   C.    CORBIN, 

Adjutant  General,  Major  General,  United  States  Army. 

Section  5  of  the  above  act  was  by  act  of  January  26, 1907,  amended 
as  follows: 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  24.  J  Washing  ton,  February  2,1907. 

The  following  act  of  the  Congress  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

AN  ACT  To  reorganize  and  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Artillery  of  the  United  States 

Army. 

*****  *  * 

SEC.  2.  That  the  Chief  of  Artillery  or  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  shall  be  an 
additional  member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  and  his  other  duties  shall  be 
prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 


THE   WAR   COLLEGE   DIVISION.1 

This  division  had  its  birth  in  1885,  when  by  administrative  action 
the  "  Division  of  Military  Information  "  was  established  in  the  Adju- 
tant General's  Office.  It  was  reorganized  as  a  separate  division  in 
1889,  and  on  March  18,  1892,  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  were 
published  (General  Order  23)  further  prescribing  its  duties,  of  which 
the  following  are  still  in  force : 

(a)  The  collection  and  classification  of  military  information  of 
our  own  and  foreign  countries,  especially  with  respect  to  armed,  re- 
served, and  available  strength,  natural  and  artificial  means  of  com- 
munication (rivers,  canals,  highways,  and  railroads)  ;  the  manufac- 
ture of  arms,  ammunition,  and  other  war  material ;  supplies  of  food, 
horses,  draft  animals,  etc. 

(6)  The  preparation  of  instructions  for  the  guidance  of  officers  of 
the  Army  serving  or  traveling  abroad,  or  acting  as  military  attaches, 
and  the  arrangement  and  digest  of  information  contained  in  their 
reports. 

(c)  The  issuance  to  the  Army  of  military  maps,  monographs,  books, 
papers,  and  other  publications,  and  the  dissemination  of  valuable 
information  on  military  subjects  throughout  all  branches  of  the 
service. 

1  Formerly  second  section. 


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The  Division  of  Military  Information  will  also  have  charge  of  a 
museum  to  be  established  for  the  proper  care  and  preservation  of 
such  military  relics  as  are  now  in  the  several  bureaus  of  the  War  De- 
partment, or  as  may  hereafter  be  obtained. 

On  January  27,  1894,  the  Secretary  of  War  issued  the  following 
circular : 

CIRCULAR  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  1.    J  Washington,  January  %7,  1894. 

Circular  of  April  19,  1889,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows : 
Upon  the  receipt  at  the  War  Department  of  reports,  maps,  plans, 
etc.,  from  military  attaches  at  United  States  embassies  and  legations 
in  foreign  countries,  they  will  be  sent,  without  formal  entry,  to  the 
Military  Information  Division  of  the  Adjutant  General's  Office, 
where  the  necessary  notation  will  be  made  and  registered. 

The  reports  will  then  be  filed  in  the  Military  Information  Division 
for  preservation  and  future  reference.  Inclosures  accompanying  the 
reports  may,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Adjutant  General,  be  turned 
over  to  any  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which  they  particularly 
relate. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus  are  invited  to  furnish  the  Military  Information 
Division,  from  time  to  time,  with  lists  of  inquiries  they  may  desire 
to  have  submitted  to  the  military  attaches  for  investigation  and 
report. 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT, 

Secretary  of  War. 

By  Special  Order  No.  210,  Headquarters  Division  of  the  Philip- 
pines, Manila,  P.  L,  December  13,  1900,  a  "  Division  of  Military  In- 
formation "  was  established  in  the  adjutant  general's  office  in  Manila, 
and  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  was  on  June  18,  1902, 
annexed  to  and  made  a  part  of  the  Military  Information  Division 
of  the  Adjutant  General's  Office  in  the  War  Department,  Washing- 
ton, by  operation  of  the  following  instructions : 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  June  18,  1902. 
The  COMMANDING  GENERAL, 

Division  of  the  Philippines,  Manila,  P.  I. 

SIR:  I  have  the  honor  to  communicate  the  following  instructions 
of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

With  a  view  to  increasing  the  facilities  and  rendering  its  opera- 
tions broader  and  more  effective,  the  Division  of  Military  Informa- 
tion now  existing  in  the  office  of  the  adjutant  general,  Headquarters 
Division  of  the  Philippines,  is,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  set  forth, 
annexed  to  and  made  a  part  of  the  Military  Information  Division, 
Adjutant  General's  Office,  War  Department,  and  will  hereafter  be 
regarded  as  a  branch  of  that  division. 

The  present  organization  and  official  status  of  the  branch  office 
will  remain  the  same  as  heretofore  in  the  adjutant  general's  office, 
Division  of  the  Philippines,  and  for  all  administrative  and  purely 
local  purposes  will  be  under  the  direct  control  of  the  commanding 
general,  Division  of  the  Philippines. 


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In  addition  to  its  regular  work,  as  heretofore  prescribed,  of  supply- 
ing information  to  the  troops  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  the  branch 
office  will  promptly  forward  to  the  Military  Information  Division 
the  originals,  or,  if  that  is  not  practicable,  certified  copies  of  all  data, 
both  cartographical  and  statistical,  of  a  general  character  which  it 
has  on  file  or  may  hereafter  receive  and  which  may  be  considered  of 
interest  and  value  to  the  War  Department,  as  well  as  the  reports  of 
all  intelligence  officers  under  its  jurisdiction.  % 

In  order  that  the  department  may  at  all  times  be  advised  of  the 
status  of  its  work,  the  branch  office  will  also  forward  a  monthly 
summary  of  its  operations. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  the  branch  office  will  perform  such 
other  and  special  duties  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  com- 
manding general,  Division  of  the  Philippines,  as  may  be  assigned  to 
it  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

The  Military  Information  Division  will  furnish  the  branch  office 
from  time  to  time  such  information  as  may  be  deemed  of  special 
value  to  its  files  and  to  the  troops  serving  in  the  Philippine  Islands, 
and  also  such  financial  assistance  as  may  be  practicable  for  its  equip- 
ment and  maintenance. 

Quarterly  returns  (in  duplicate)  of  all  expenditures  made  from 
the  funds  herein  authorized  will,  under  sirch  regulations  as  may  be 
prescribed,  be  forwarded  within  20  days  after  the  end  of  the  quarter 
to  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  Military  Information  Division  for 
approval  and  transmission  to  the  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  for  the 
War  Department. 

For  purposes  of  convenience  and  dispatch,  and  on  account  of  the 
confidential  character  of  much  of  the  information,  all  communication 
between  the  Military  Information  Division  and  its  branch  office  will 
be  direct,  and  will  be  noted  and  filed  in  them  only;  copies  of  such 
information  as  may  relate  or  be  of  interest  to  other  offices  being 
promptly  furnished  to  the  offices  to  which  it  pertains. 
Very  respectfully, 

H.    C.    CORBIN, 

Adjutant  General,  Major  General,  United  States  Army. 

The  Military  Information  Division  was  transferred  to  the  Office 
of  the  Chief  of  Staff  by  the  following  order; 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  August  6, 1903. 
Orders : 

The  Military  Information  Division  of  the  Adjutant  General's 
Office,  together  with  the  records,  files,  and  property,  and  the  persons 
now  employed  therein,  are  hereby  transferred  to  the  Office  of  the 
Chief  of  Staff,  to  take  effect  August  15,  1903. 

ELIHU  ROOT, 

Secretary  of  War. 
MILITARY  ATTACHES. 

CIRCULAR!  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  6.  J  Washington,  September  h,  1903. 

With  a  view  to  extending  the  usefulness  of  our  military  attaches 
abroad,  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department  and 
individual  officers  of  the  Army  at  Large  will  furnish  the  Second 
26466°— 12 2 


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(Military  Information)  Division  of  the  General  Staff,  from  time  to 
time,  memoranda  of  such  data  respecting  foreign  armies  as  they  de- 
sire, in  order  that  the  attaches  may  be  directed  to  investigate  and 
report  upon  the  same. 

In  order  to  fix  responsibility  for  improper  or  duplicate  distribution 
of  official  matter  to  foreign  attaches;  to  place  the  exchange  of  mili- 
tary information  with  foreign  war  offices  or  their  representatives  ac- 
credited to  this  capital  upon  a  systematic  basis,  and  to  keep  an  accu- 
rate record  with  a  view  to  ascertaining  from  time  to  time  if  reciproc- 
ity is  maintained,  all  official  or  semiofficial  information  either  verbal, 
written,  or  printed,  will  be  received  from  or  communicated  to  such 
offices  or  officials  by  or  through  the  chief  of  the  Second  (Military 
Information)  Division  of  the  General  Staff. 

The  bureaus,  offices,  and  officials  of  the  War  Department  will  co- 
operate in  furnishing  the  Military  Information  Division  such  non- 
confidential  information  as  may  be  required  for  the  proper  accom- 
plishment of  this  purpose. 

These  regulations  will  not  apply  to  the  officers  detailed  to  escort 
foreign  attaches  during  their  attendance  at  our  maneuvers  in  so  far 
as  relates  to  the  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  forces  engaged. 

Upon  the  receipt  of  information  of  special  interest  to  any  particu- 
lar bureau  or  office  the  Military  Information  Division  will  promptly 
furnish  extracts  or  copies  or  refer  the  same  to  the  office  concerned. 

When  technical  information  of  special  interest  or  value  is  received 
in  any  of  the  bureaus  or  offices  of  the  department  which  has  not 
passed  through  the  Military  Information  Division  the  same  will  be 
forwarded  to  that  division  for  record  in  order  that  requests  may  not 
be  made  on  foreign  Governments  for  data  already  in  the  possession  of 
the  War  Department. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

W.  H.  CARTER, 
Brigadier  General,  Acting  Chief  of  Staff. 

WAR    DEPARTMENT    LIBRARY. 

On  March  28,  1904,  the  supervision  of  the  War  Department 
Library  and  the  distribution  of  public  documents  pertaining  to  the 
War  Department,  under  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  the  act  of 
Congress,  approved  January  12,  1895,  were  transferred  from  the 
Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  to  the  Chief  of  the  Second  (Mili- 
tary Information)  Division  by  the  following  circular: 

CIRCULAR  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  12.  J  Washington,  March  31, 1904. 

The  following  is  published  to  the  Army  and  the  Organized  Militia 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
Washington,  March  28,  J90.'f. 

The  supervision  of  the  War  Department  Library  having  been  assigned  to  the 
General  Staff,  the  Chief  of  the  Second  (Military  Information)  Division  thereof 
is  hereby  designated  to  relieve  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  of  that 
duly,  and  also  of  the  distribution  of  public  documents  pertaining  to  the  War 
Department  under  the  provisions  of  section  2,  act  of  January  12,  1895,  and  in 
accordance  with  instructions  contained  in  War  Department  circulars  of  March 


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20,  1895,  and  February  14,  1902,  War  Department  orders  of  January  5,  1903, 
and  such  other  instructions,  verbal  or  written,  as  from  time  to  time  may  have 
been  issued  by  the  Department. 

WM.  H.  TAFT, 

Secretary  of  War. 

All  requisitions  and  requests  for  publications  or  documents  or  sup- 
plies, and  all  reports  and  returns  for  such  property,  that  under 
existing  law  and  regulations  are  now  made  to  the  Chief  Signal  Offi- 
cer of  the  Army,  or  to  "Brig.  Gen.  A.  W.  Greely,  Chief  Signal 
Officer,  in  supervisory  charge  of  the  War  Department  Library,"  and 
of  the  distribution  of  War  Department  documents,  will  in  future  be 
made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Second  Division,  General  Staff. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

ADNA  R.  CHAFFEE, 
Lieutenant  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

MAP  FILES. 
GENERAL  ORDERS.!  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  2.  J  Washington,  January  7,  1909. 

The  second  section,1  War  Department  General  Staff,  having  been 
charged  with  the  supervision  of  a  system  of  war  maps,  American  and 
foreign,  all  division,  department,  brigade,  post,  and  company  com- 
manders, commandants  of  service  schools,  chiefs  of  bureaus  "of  the 
War  Department,  and  officers  of  the  Army  under  whose  orders  maps 
are  made,  will  forward  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the, 
Army,  who  will  transmit  them  to  the  second  section,  War  Depart- 
ment General  Staff,  Army  War  College,  copies  of  all  geographical, 
topographical,  tactical,  strategical,  maneuver,  and  confidential  maps, 
plans,  tracings,  blue  prints,  sketches,  etc.,  of  domestic  or  foreign  ter- 
ritory, containing  information  of  military  interest,  that  are  in  their 
possession  and  have  not  heretofore  been  furnished,  or  that  they  may 
hereafter  receive,  in  order  that  the  map  files  of  the  second  section 
may  be  made  complete  and  kept  up  to  date  for  study  and  use  by  the 
authorities  of  the  War  Department  in  the  compilation  and  prepara- 
tion of  various  problems,  plans,  and  maps,  and  for  immediate  refer- 
ence in  cases  of  emergency. 

If  copies  are  not  available,  the  originals  will  be  sent  by  registered 
mail  as  directed  above  for  notation  and  return. 

The  plans  showing  the  details  of  construction  of  United  States 
fortifications  and  the  working  plans  of  the  Ordnance,  Quartermas- 
ter's and  other  staff  departments  are  excepted  from  the  provisions 
of  this  order. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

J.  FRANKLIN  BELL, 

Major  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

DIVISION   OF  MILITIA. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  September  3,  1908. 
Orders : 

The  following  regulations  are  prescribed  to  govern  the  official 
correspondence  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs  with  the  Chief  of 

1  Now  The  War  College  Division. 


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Staff  and  chiefs  of  bureaus  and  departments  of  the  War  Department 
and  with  the  military  authorities  of  the  States,  Territories,  and  the 
District  of  Columbia : 

1.  All  original  communications  emanating  from  the  office  of  the 
Division  of  Militia  Affairs  shall  set  forth  that  they  are  sent  by  direc- 
tion or  order  of  the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  Communications  addressed  to  governors  of  States  or  Territories 
will  be  prepared  for  the  signature  of  the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  War;  those  addressed  to  adjutants  general  of  States,  Ter- 
ritories, or  District  of  Columbia  will  be  signed  by  the  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Militia  Affairs. 

3.  Communications  of  a  routine  nature  which  require  that  they  be 
submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  for  his  information  only,  will  be 
simply  checked  to  the  latter  over  the  initials  of  the  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Militia  Affairs. 

4.  Information  concerning  militia  affairs  which  has  a  bearing  upon 
the  employment  or  military  status  of  the  personnel  of  the  regular 
establishment  will  be  conveyed  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  by  indorsement 
or  in  the  form  of  a  memorandum.  If  such  indorsement  or  memoran- 
dum involves  an  expressed  desire  or  direction  of  the  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  War  for  action  by  the  Chief  of  Staff,  it  will  be  signed  by 
the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War;  if  it  merely  transmits  information 
involving  no  action,  it  will  be  signed  by  the  Chief  of  the  Division 
of  Militia  Affairs.    In  case  the  indorsement  or  memorandum  involves 
the  issuing  of  orders  or  instructions  to  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the 
regular  establishment,  an  accompanying  memorandum  for  The  Adju- 
tant General,  prepared  for  the  signature  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  will 
be  inclosed ;  this  inclosure  will  be  initialed  by  the  Chief  of  the  Divi- 
sion of  Militia  Affairs. 

5.  The  Chief  of  Staff  will  furnish  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of 
Militia  Affairs  with  a  copy  of  any  report  approved  by  him  which  is 
made  by  any  section  or  officer  of  the  General  Staff  that  has  a  bearing 
on  militia  affairs. 

6.  The  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs  is  authorized  to 
communicate  directly  with  the  heads  of  the  supply  or  other  depart- 
ments of  the  War  Department  in  reference  to  all  matters  pertaining 
exclusively  to  the  Organized  Militia  in  regard  to  supplies,  instruc- 
tion, drill,  and  general  military  efficiency. 

ROBERT  SHAW  OLIVER, 

Acting  /Secretary  of  War. 

The  Acting  Secretary  of  War  on  July  25,  1910  (General  Order 
141),  directed  that  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  775,  Army 
Regulations  1910,  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs  will 
report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

The  act  of  Congress  of  March  3,  1911,  published  in  General  Orders 
45,  War  Department,  1911,  provides,  page  2,  under  "  Office  of  the 
Chief  of  Staff": 

*  *  *  That  hereafter  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  Office  of 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  shall  be  detailed  from  the  general  officers  of  the  line  of  the 
Army,  and  while  so  serving  shall  be  an  additional  member  of  the  General  Staff 
Corps  *  *  *. 


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The  legislative  act  of  March  4, 1911,  provides  as  follows: 

DIVISION  OF  MILITIA  AFFAIRS,  OEFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

For  the  following  now  authorized  by  section  twenty  of  the  act  approved  Janu- 
ary twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  as  amended  by  the  act  approved 
May  twenty-seventh,  nineteen  hundred  and  eight,  namely:  Chief  clerk,  two 
thousand  dollars;  two  clerks  of  class  four;  two  clerks  of  class  three;  three 
clerks  of  class  two ;  nine  clerks  of  class  one ;  seven  clerks,  at  one  thousand  dol- 
lars each;  one  messenger;  one  assistant  messenger;  two  laborers;  two  char- 
women ;  in  all,  thirty-four  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

For  miscellaneous  expenses  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  including  sta- 
tionery, fuel,  light,  furniture,  telegraph  and  telephone  service,  and  necessary 
printing  and  binding,  three  thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  which  sum,  together 
with  the  foregoing  amount  for  salaries,  shall  be  paid  from  the  permanent  appro- 
priation for  militia  under  the  provisions  of  section  sixteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended,  and  no  other  or  further  sums  shall  be  ex- 
pended from  said  appropriation  for  or  on  account  of  said  Division  of  Militia 
Affairs  during  the  fiscal  year  nineteen  hundred  and  twelve. 

THE  COAST  ARTILLERY  DIVISION. 

By  General  Orders,  No.  169,  War  Department,  September  8,  1910, 
amending  Army  regulation  298  [303,  1910]  1  the  Office  of  the  Chief 
of  Coast  Artillery  was  made  a  part  of  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

MEMORANDUM     FOB    THE    ADJUTANT    GENERAL. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  September  #, 1910. 

In  view  of  the  assignment  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  to  duty 
as  an  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  and  of  the  incorporation  of  the 
office  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff 
by  Army  regulation  298  [303,  1910]  2  as  amended,  business  that  orig- 
inates or  is  received  in  the  Office  of  the  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  and  that  requires  reference  to  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery 
will  be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  by  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Army  regulation  787 
[795,  1910]. 3 
By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

LEONARD  WOOD, 
Major  General^  Chief  of  Staff. 


MEMORANDUM    FOR   THE   CHIEF    OF    COAST   ARTILLERY. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 
Washington,  September  10,  1910. 

Hereafter  gapers  originating  or  received  in  the  Office  of  the  Ad- 
jutant General,  which  pertain  to  matters  over  which  the  Chief  of 
Coast  Artillery  has  supervision,  will  be  checked  to  the  latter  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  General  Staff,  who  will  make  no  record  of  them 

i  See  p.  32.  »  See  p.  38.  *  See  p.  32. 


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except  such  as  is  necessary  to  insure  his  knowledge  of  their  where- 
abouts. 

The  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  will  refer  such  papers  to  bureau 
chiefs  (Army  regulation  298)  [303, 1910] *  for  such  notation,  remarks, 
and  recommendations  as  may  be  desired,  and  will  then  submit  them 
to  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  person,  each  accompanied  by  a  signed  memo- 
randum prepared  in  duplicate,  ordinarily  in  indorsement  form,  con- 
taining his  recommendation.  When  the  matter  has  been  disposed  of 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  duplicate  memorandum  indicating  such 
action  will  be  returned  by  the  Secretary  of  the  General  Staff  to  the 
Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  and  will  be  retained  by  the  latter  as  the 
record  of  action  in  the  case. 

By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff: 

FRED  W.  SLADEN, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 

THE  MILITARY  ACADEMY 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  64.  J  Washington,  April  26,  1905. 

The  following  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  are  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned : 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
Washington,  April  20,  1905. 
Orders : 

In  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  section  1331,  Revised  Statutes,  the  Chief 
of  Staff  is  charged  with  the  supervision  of  matters  in  the  War  Department 
pertaining  to  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  New  York. 
*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

WM.  H.  TAFT, 

Secretary  of  War. 
Section  1331,  Eevised  Statutes,  reads  as  follows : 

The  supervision  and  charge  of  the  Academy  shall  be  in  the  War  Department, 
under  such  officer  or  officers  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  assign  to  that  duty. 

MEMORANDA    AND    ORDERS    CONCERNING    DISTRIBUTION    OF 

BUSINESS. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  December  30,  1903. 

Orders: 

The  following  instructions  relating  to  the  methods  of  business  to 
be  employed  under  the  operation  of  the  General  Staff  system  and  to 
the  distribution  of  official  business  of  the  War  Department  and  action 
thereon  are  hereby  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned : 

All  business  of  the  Army  coming  clearly  within  the  scope  and  pur- 
view of  the  duties  imposed  by  law  upon  the  General  Staff  Corps  and 
the  Chief  of  Staff  will  be  submitted  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  in  person  or 
in  writing  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  to  be  acted  upon  by  him  in 
conformity  to  the  regulations  duly  prescribed  for  that  purpose  by 
the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

The  character  of  the  business  included  in  the  foregoing  description 
is  indicated  by  the  tabular  statement  showing  the  organization  of  the 

1  See  p.  32. 


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General  Staff  Corps  and  the  distribution  of  the  subjects  with  which 
they  are  to  deal,  which  is  attached  to  the  annual  report  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  1903  as  Appendix  D. 

All  cases  requiring  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  As- 
sistant Secretary  of  War  not  submitted  in  person  by  the  Chief  of 
Staff  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment for  distribution  and  action  under  the  orders  and  instructions 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War. 

All  other  business  requiring  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
emanating  from  bureaus  of  the  department  will  be  forwarded  direct 
to  the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Department  for  distribution  and  action 
under  the  orders  and  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  except  such  cases  as  in  the  judgment 
of  the  chief  of  bureau  concerned  are  of  sufficient  importance  to 
necessitate  personal  presentation  by  him  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
or  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

ELIHTJ  ROOT, 

Secretary  of  War. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  September  #0, 1904. 
The  MILITARY  SECRETARY: 

Please  submit  papers  pertaining  to  the  following  subjects  to  Gen. 
Gillespie1  for  his  action: 

Appointments,  resignations,  etc.,  officers  of  District  of  Columbia 
Militia. 

Appointments  and  discharges  of  veterinarians. 

Examinations  for  promotion. 

Examinations  generally,  including  those  for  appointment  as  chap- 
lain, veterinarian;  enlisted  men  and  civilians  for  appointment  as 
second  lieutenant ;  officers  for  transfer  to  the  Ordnance  Department, 
Signal  Corps,  etc. 

Details  at  service  schools,  and  special  questions  presented  by  the 
schools. 

Details  at,  and  general  questions  relating  to,  civil  colleges. 

Questions  of  rank  and  precedence. 

Leaves  of  absence,  commissioned  officers. 

Admission  to  the  several  general  hospitals. 

Questions  of  commutation  of  quarters  in  special  cases. 

Boards  of  survey. 

Artillery,  engineer,  ordnance,  and  fortification  questions. 

Purchase  of  land  for  fortification  purposes. 

Matters  relating  to  the  sale  of  Government  stores  to  civilians. 

Inspection  reports. 

Privileges  on  military  reservations. 

CHAFFEE, 
Lieutenant  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

(NOTE. — See  following  memorandum  of  June  19,  1905.) 

1  Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT^ 
OFFICE  or  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  June  19,  1905. 

MEMORANDUM    FOE    THE    MILITARY    SECRETARY. 

In  the  future  all  business  from  The  Military  Secretary's  Office  re- 
quiring action  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  will  be  presented  to  the  Chief 
of  Staff  or  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  by  an  officer  of  your  depart- 
ment, who  will  receive  instructions  for  disposition  of  the  business  in 
accordance  with  the  usual  custom  of  your  office,  or  as  you  may  direct 
if  any  change  is  necessary:  The  officers  bringing  the  papers  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff  should  thoroughly  familiarize  themselves  with  the 
contents,  to  enable  them  to  make  a  correct  and  brief  verbal  statement 
of  same  in  each  case. 

Papers  reaching  the  Chief  of  Staff  otherwise  than  as  above  indi- 
cated will  be  handled  as  heretofore  by  the  Secretary  of  the  General 
Staff. 

The  orders  of  September  22,  1904,  as  to  business  to  be  submitted  to 
the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  copy  herewith,  will  remain  in  force ;  but 
this  distribution  is  one  of  convenience  merely,  and  the  action  of  the 
Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  on  all  business  is  to  be  accepted  as  the  action 
of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  as  it  may  frequently  happen  that  the  Chief  of 
Staff  will  direct  that  other  matters  than  those  specified  be  presented 
to  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff.  For  office  discrimination  as  to  source 
of  action,  and  for  convenience  should  the  subject  of  the  paper  come 
up  again,  the  officer  presenting  the  paper  will  note  informally  upon 
it,  or  by  memorandum,  whether  he  received  his  instructions  from  the 
Chief  of  Staff  or  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

CHAFFEE, 
Lieutenant  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  April  14,  1906. 

Orders; 

All  business  arising  in  the  Army  which  is  referred  to  The  Military 
Secretary  for  the  action  of  superior  authority,  and  which  does  not 
come  within  the  jurisdiction  of  chiefs  of  bureaus,  and  all  business 
emanating  from  the  bureaus  of  the  department  requiring  the  action 
of  higher  authority,  will  be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  his 
consideration. 

The  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  is  vested  with  authority  to  decide 
all  cases  which  do  not  involve  questions  of  policy,  the  establishment 
or  reversal  of  precedents,  or  matters  of  special  or  extraordinary  im- 
portance. Matters  coming  within  these  exceptional  classes  will  be 
submitted  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  to  the  Secretary  of  War  direct.  All 
other  matters  will  be  submitted  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  to  the  Assistant 
Secretary  of  War.  Should  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  think  that 
the  questions  submitted  to  him  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  come  within  the 
exceptional  classes,  he  will  submit  them  to  the  Secretary.  The  Chief 
of  Staff  will  indorse  upon  every  paper  coining  to  him  his  recommen- 


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dations,  views,  or  remarks,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  Secretary  of 
War  or  to  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War.  as  the  above  rules  require. 
The  submission  of  matters  to  the*  Secretary  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  will 
be  in  person.  Before  presentation  to  either  the  Secretary  or  the 
Assistant  Secretary  the  cases  should  be  completed  by  obtaining  the 
necessary  recommendation,  reports,  or  information  from  the  bureaus 
of  the  department  or  the  military  authorities  outside  of  the  depart- 
ment, and  to  this  end  the  Chief  of  Staff  is  authorized  to  call  therefor 
"  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War." 

Business  which  reaches  the  Secretary's  office,  or  that  of  the  Assist- 
ant Secretary,  and  is  acted  upon  through  the  channels  above  de- 
scribed, will  be  returned  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  who  will  issue  such 
orders  through  the  Military  Secretary  as  may  be  required  "  By  order 
of  the  Secretary  of  War."  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  only  empowered  to 
issue  orders  in  his  own  name  or  by  his  own  direction  to  the  General 
Staff  Corps. 

These  requirements  should  be  clearly  understood  to  relate  to  mili- 
tary  business,  and  are  not  in  any  way  an  abrogation  of  the  following 
direction  in  War  Department  Orders  of  November  7,  1905,  viz : 

Matters  of  a  purely  civil  nature  will  be  referred  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  direct 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  unless  otherwise  required  by  their  subject  matter. 

All  orders,  regulations,  and  instructions  contrary  hereto  are  hereby 
revoked. 

WM.  H.  TAFT, 

Secretary  of  War. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  June  27,  1908. 


MEMORANDUM. 


I.  The  following  organization  and  distribution  of  business  of  the 
War  Department  General  Staff  is  announced  and  will  be  in  force 
until  further  orders: 


FIRST    SECTION. 


Organization,  administration,  and  distribution  of  the  military 
forces;  details  and  assignments;  examinations  for  the  appointment 
and  promotion  of  officers ;  administrative  matters  pertaining  to  field 
maneuvers  and  to  combined  exercises  of  the  Army  and  Navy;  disci- 
pline and  training;  drill  and  firing  regulations  of  Infantry,  Cav- 
alry, and  Field  Artillery,  mobile  armament  and  equipment;  sub- 
sistence and  clothing;  location,  design,  and  construction  of  posts, 
camps,  hospitals,  and  quarters;  water  supply;  sanitation,  and  all 
related  matters;  special  military  rewards;  estimates  for  support  of 
the  Army. 


SECOND    SECTION. 


Military  information;  collection,  arrangement,  arid  publication  of 
historical,  statistical,  and  geographical  information;  War  Depart- 
ment library;  system  of  Avar  maps,  American  and  foreign;  general 
information  regarding  foreign  armies  and  fortresses;  preparation 

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from  official  records  of  analytical  and  critical  histories  of  important 
campaigns. 

Military  attaches. 

Photographic  gallery. 

Preparation  of  nontechnical  manuals. 

Issue  of  military  publications,  maps,  and  documents. 

Collation  and  discussion  of  all  obtainable  data  relating  to  stra- 
tegical, tactical,  and  logistic  features  of  future  military  operations, 
and  formation  of  complete  working  plans  for  passing  from  a  state 
of  peace  to  a  state  of  war  under  such  conditions  as  can  be  foreseen 
or  may  be  assumed. 

Direction  and  coordination  of  military  education  in  the  Army, 
the  Militia,  and  in  civil  schools  and  colleges  at  which  officers  of  the 
Army  are  detailed. 

Plans  for  field  maneuvers. 

Permanent  fortifications. 

Submarine  defense. 

Field  engineering. 

Signaling,  technical  manuals,  and  logistics. 

Military  resources  of  the  country. 

II.  Business  of  the  following  classes  to  be  referred  to  the  section 
having  jurisdiction  of  the  subject  matter,  in  conference  with  the 
Chief  of  Artillery,  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  Seacoast  Artillery : 

Combined  exercises  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 

Allowances  of  all  items  of  equipment,  armament,  and  supplies  for 
the  military  service. 

Determination  of  types,  designs,  and  specifications  for  such  as  are 
required  to  be  standardized. 

Regulations  and  orders. 

Proposed  legislation  to  be  presented  to  Congress  or  legislation 
pending  in  Congress  referred  to  War  Department  for  report. 

By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff: 

FRED  W.  SLADEN, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 
Washington,  September  26,  1910. 

MEMORANDUM. 

The  following  organization  and  distribution  of  business  of  the 
War  Department  General  Staff  is  announced : 


All  matters  pertaining  to  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  mobile 
forces,  and  such  other  subjects  as  are  not  otherwise  assigned.2 

1  Formerly  First  Section. 

a  See  Office  of  Chief  of  Staff  memoranda,  Mar.  29  and  Apr.  1,  1911. 


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WAR    COLLEGE   DIVISION.1 

(a)  Collection  and  distribution  of  military  information;  War 
Department  library;  preparation  of  nontechnical  manuals;  direc- 
tion and  coordination  of  military  education;  plans  for  field  maneu- 
vers; collation  and  discussion  of  all  obtainable  data  relating  to 
strategical,  tactical,  and  logistic  features  of  future  military  opera- 
tions and  formation  of  complete  working  plans  for  passing  from 
state  of  peace  to  state  of  war. 

(6)  The  Army  War  College. 

NOTE. — Also  system  of  war  maps,  American  and  foreign,  military 
attaches,  military  publications,  photograph  gallery,  preparation  from 
official  registers,  and  analytical  histories  of  important  campaigns. 

COAST    ARTILLERY    DIVISION.2 

All  matters  pertaining  to  the  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  forces. 

II.   DIVISION   OF    MILITIA   AFFAIRS.8 

All  matters  pertaining  to  the  Organized  Militia. 
III.  Papers  requiring  the  action  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  will  be 
checked  to  the  chiefs  of  the  above-mentioned  divisions  by  the  secre- 
tary, General  Staff,  and  all  routine  or  unimportant  cases  will  be 
returned  to  him  for  submission  to  the  Chief  of  Staff.     Important 
cases  will  be  submitted  in  person  by  chiefs  of  division. 
By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

FRED  W.  SLADEN, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 


MEMORANDA  AND   ORDERS   RELATIVE   TO   HANDLING   BUSINESS. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  June  30,  1905. 

MEMORANDUM    FOR    THE    MILITARY    SECRETARY. 

When  approved  reports  of  the  divisions  or  committees  of  the  Gen- 
eral Staff  are  sent  to  The  Military  Secretary  for  action  as  indicated, 
the  originals  or  copies  of  such  reports  will  not,  unless  specifically 
directed,  be  sent  out  of  The  Military  Secretary's  Office,  but  the  sub- 
stance of  the  report  only  will  be  sent. 

CHAFFEE, 
Lieutenant  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

1  Formerly  Second  Section. 

2  See  Army  Regulation  303,  1910. 

•  See  Division  Militia  Affairs,  p.  11. 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  May  18,  1906. 


MEMORANDUM. 


1.  Typewriter  paper,  foolscap  size,  will  hereafter  be  used  for  re- 
ports and  appended  memoranda  under  the  provisions  of  memoran- 
dum from  this  office  dated  May  2,  1906.     (See  memorandum,  Aug 
28,  1906,  below.) 

2.  Drafts  of  Instructions  to  Chiefs  of  Bureau  will  advise  action, 
using  the  words  "  in  substance  "  or  "  in  effect,"  as  follows,  etc. 

By  order  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

ROBERT  E.  L.  MICHIE, 
Captain,  General  Staff,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Washington,  July  W,  1906. 

MEMORANDUM    FOR    THE    CHIEF    OF    STAFF. 

In  submitting  questions  for  the  decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
where  the  communication  to  be  acted  upon  accompanies  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Chief  of  Staff  it  is  not  necessary  to  make  a  complete 
copy  of  the  communication  in  question,  as  it  involves  an  amount  of 
clerical  labor  which  can  be  dispensed  with  without  detriment  to  the 
service. 

ROBERT  SHAAV  OLIVER, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  August  28,  1906. 

MEMORANDUM. 

Hereafter  report  on  all  matters  referred  to -the  several  divisions, 
special  committees,  or  officers  of  the  War  Department  General  Staff 
will  be  submitted  in  duplicate  as  a  memorandum  addressed  either 
to  the  Secretary,  Assistant  Secretary,  or  Acting  Secretary  of  War, 
as  required  by  the  provisions  of  War  Department  orders  of  April  14, 
1906.  This  memorandum  will  give  a  clear  presentation  of  the  subject 
as  briefly  as  practicable,  citing  precedents,  if  any,  and  will  conclude 
with  a  recommendation  according  with  the  views  of  the  party  making 
the  report  and  embodying  the  substance  of  the  instructions  to  be 
issued  in  the  premises.  The  memorandum  will  be  prepared  for  the 
signature  of  the  Chief  of  Staff.  Whenever  letters  for  the  signature 
of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  or  Chief  of 
Staff,  or  bills  for  new  legislation  are  necessary  to  carry  into  effect 
the  recommendations  submitted,  proper  drafts  will  be  appended  to 


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the  report.  In  the  upper  right-hand  corner  of  the  duplicate  memo- 
randum will  be  noted  the  initials  of  the  officer  making  the  report, 
the  division  from  which  submitted,  and  the  signed  initials  of  the  chief 
of  division. 

When  the  original  memorandum  has  been  acted  on  by  the  Sec- 
rectary  of  War  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  it  will,  accompanied 
by  all  original  papers  furnished  in  connection  therewith,  be  trans- 
mitted to  The  Military  Secretary  or  other  proper  chief  of  bureau  for 
action,  the  duplicate  being  filed  in  the  office  of  tlie  Chief  of  Staff. 

By  order  of  the  Chief  of  Staff: 

ROBERT  E.  L.  MICHIE, 
Captain,  General  Staff,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

MEMORANDUM    FOR    CHIEFS    OF    BUREAUS    OF    THE    WAR   DEPARTMENT. 

Whenever  a  division  or  committee  of  the  War  Department  General 
Staff  has  under  consideration  a  question  pertaining  to  a  staff  bureau, 
the  chief  of  such  bureau  shall  be  consul  ted -unless  his  views  are  given 
in  the  papers  that  are  under  consideration.  If  such  views  are  given 
and  action  adverse  thereto  is  considered  advisable,  the  chief  of  bureau 
shall  be  notified  to  that  effect  and,  should  he  so  desire,  shall  have  a 
hearing  in  person  or  through  a  representative  to  be  designated  by 
him,  and  the  report  shall  show  whether  he  concurs  in  the  action  as 
finally  recommended  to  be  taken.  The  fact  that  a  chief  of  bureau 
has  been  consulted  in  the  consideration  of  any  particular  matter 
reported  on  shall  be  noted  in  the  report. 

ROBERT  SHAW  OLIVER, 

Acting  Secretary  of  War. 

NOVEMBER  3,  1906. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

Washington,  March  14,  1907. 

MKMOUANDUM. 

1.  The  Chief  of  Staff  directs  that  when  matters  are  under  con- 
sideration in  the  several  divisions  of  the  General  Staff  which  in  any 
way  affect  the  staff  corps  or  departments  or  involve  their  action,  the 
chief  of  the  corps  or  department  concerned  be  consulted  before  the 
report  of  the  division  is  made.     The  last  sentence  of  such  a  report 
will  in  every  case  record  the  fact  of  this  consultation  and  concurrence 
or  nonconcurrence  of  the  chief  or  chiefs  in  question,  and  when  there 
is  divergence  in  the  recommendations  made  by  a   division  of  the 
General  Staff  from  the  views  held  by  the  chief  or  chiefs  of  the  staff 
corps  or  departments  involved,  it  is  desired  that  this  fact  be  noted 
and  that  the  views  of  the  latter  be  clearly  stated  in  the  report. 

2.  Whenever  recommendations  submitted  by  a  chief  of  a  staff  corps 
or  department  are  reported  upon,  the  last  sentence  of  the  report  will 


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likewise  record  the  fact  of  consultation  and  concurrence  or  noncon- 
currence  of  this  chief  in  any  modification  which  may  be  recom- 
mended, even  though  this  modification  may  be  only  for  the  sake  of 
brevity  or  clearness  of  diction. 

3.  Whenever  there  is  a  nonconcurrence  on  the  part  of  a  division  of 
the  General  Staff  with  any  bureau  chief,  the  Chief  of  Staff  desires 
the  Assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  accompanied  by  the  chief  of  this 
division,  to  visit  and  personally  confer  with  the  bureau  chief  or 
chiefs  concerned,  for  the  purpose  of  endeavoring  to  effect  some  com- 
promise of  views  upon  which  all  can  agree,  and  no  report  where  it  is 
impossible  to  effect  an  agreement  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary 
of  War  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  until  it  has  been  submitted 
to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff : 

ROBERT  E.  L.  MICHIE, 
Captain,  General  Staff,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  or  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

January  27,  1908. 

The  Senate  has  passed  the  following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That  no  communications  from  heads  of  departments,  commissioners, 
chiefs  of  bureaus,  or  other  executive  officers,  except  when  authorized  or  re- 
quired by  law,  or  when  made  in  response  to  a  resolution  of  the  Senate,  will  be 
received  by  the  Senate  unless  such  communications  shall  be  transmitted  to  the 
Senate  by  the  President. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  resolution  be  communicated  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Senate  to  the  President  and  House  of  Representatives. 

MEMORANDUM. 

First.  In  matters  of  considerable  importance,  ^especially  those 
ready  for  submission  at  the  opening  of  the  sessions  of  Congress,  the 
Secretary  of  War  desires  that  memoranda  be  prepared  embodying 
full  explanation  and  presentation  of  all  cases,  together  with  letters 
of  transmittal,  for  his  signature,  addressed  to  the  President,  but  not 
accompanied  by  any  drafts  of  proposed  bills.  Even  in  such  cases, 
he  desires  that  copies  of  memoranda  and  letters  to  the  President  bv, 
prepared,  accompanied  by  a  draft  of  legislation  desired,  and  letters 
of  transmittal  for  him  to  sign  addressed  to  the  chairman  of  the 
military  committees  of  the  Senate  and  House,  respectively,  but  not 
to  be  transmitted  until  after  the  President  is  known  to  have  com- 
municated the  originals  to  the  Senate  and  House.  In  these  cases  all 
memoranda  should  be  for  the  President,  to  be  signed  by  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

Second.  In  unimportant  matters  he  prefers  they  be  presented  in 
memoranda  for  the  Secretary  of  War,  signed  by  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
accompanied  by  a  draft  of  legislation  necessary  and  by  letters  of 
transmittal  addressed  to  the  chairman  of  the  military  committees 
of  the  Senate  and  House,  respectively,  for  the  signature  of  the 
Secretary  of  War. 


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Third.  He  does  not  wish  any  memoranda  or  letters  prepared  for 
his  signature  addressed  to  the  President  of  the  Senate  or  the  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Representatives. 
By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

J.   FRANKLIN   BELL, 
Major  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 
R.  S.  O. 

W.  M.  WRIGHT, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

July  11,  1907. 

MEMORANDUM. 

In  order  to  avoid  the  return  of  papers  for  an  expression  of  the 
wishes  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  which  has  recently  happened  in  sev- 
eral cases,  it  is  desired  hereafter  that  the  several  divisions  of  the 
General  Staff  should  transmit  official  communications  addressed  to 
the  various  Government  departments  or  branches  thereof  through  the 
office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Chief  of  Staff: 

ROBERT  E.  L.  MICHE, 
Captain,  General  Staff,  Secretary. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

March  3, 1908. 

MEMORANDUM. 

By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  the  following  method  of  pre- 
paring memoranda  will  hereafter  be  observed: 

I.  Memoranda  will  be  prepared  for  the  Secretary  of  the  General 
Staff  Corps— 

(a)  When  object  is  to  furnish  information  simply  for  the  Chief 
of  Staff  or  the  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

(£>)  When  object  is  to  recommend  reference  to  some  bureau  of  the 
War  Department  or  to  some  officer  or  board  of  officers  in  the  Army 
at  large  for  investigation  and  report  or  for  explanation. 

(c)  In  a  case  where  such  reference  is  purely  routine  and  no  ques- 
tion of  advisability  of  such  reference  is  involved,  the  memorandum 
will  be  c<  for  The  Adjutant  General,"  and  will  be  prepared  for  sig- 
nature by.  the  Chief  of  Staff  or  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

II.  Memoranda  will  be  prepared  for  the  Secretary  of  War1  and 
for  the  signature  of  the  Chief  of  Staff — 

(a)  Where  large  questions  of  policy  are  involved. 
(&)  Where  bills  have  been  referred  from  Congress  for  remark  or 
with  request  for  information. 

1  In  accordance  with  verbal  instructions  all  memoranda  for  Secretary's  office  are  pre- 
pared for  the  "  Secretary  of  War." 


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(c)  Where  direction  to  prepare  memorandum  emanates  from  the 
Chief  of  Staff  and  the  subject  for  such  memorandum  is  one  where 
the  decision  rests  with  authority  higher  than  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

III.  In  all  other  cases  memoranda  will  be  prepared  for  the  Assist- 
ant Secretary  of  War1  and  for  the  signature  of  the  Assistant  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff. 

W.  M.  WRIGHT, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 

WAR  DEPART  .M  E  x  r. 
Washington,  June  11, 190$. 

MEMORANDUM   FOR   THE   CHIEF   OF    STAB'F. 

Hereafter  during  my  temporary  absence  when  the  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  War  is  also  absent,  you  are  authorized  to  issue  orders  in  all 
routine  ordinary  cases  and  in  cases  of  emergency  "  by  order  of  the 
Secretary  of  War."  In  important  matters  requiring  my  action,  you 
will  either  communicate  with  me  or  postpone  the  issuance  of  orders 
until  my  return. 

WM.  H.  TAFT, 

Secretary  of  War. 


[Official^ 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  June  21,  1909. 

MEMORANDUM   FROM   THE   SECRETARY   OF   WAR. 

In  order  that  there  may  be  in  the  department  a  record  of  authen- 
ticity the  Secretary  of  War  directs  that  hereafter  all  papers  or  docu- 
ments presented  to  him  for  signature  shall  either  be  initialed  by  the 
person  responsible  therefor,  or  accompanied  by  a  signed  communi- 
cation identifying  them,  provided  that  in  cases  where  carbon  copies 
are  made  at  the  time  of  writing  the  carbon  copy  shall  be  initialed , 
instead  of  the  original,  and  shall  accompany  the  communication. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

JOHN  C.  SCOFIELD. 
Assistant  and  Chief  Clerk. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  February  11,  1911. 

MEMORADUM. 

In  connection  with  the  preparation  of  General  Staff  memorandums, 
the  Chief  of  Staff  directs  me  to  invite  attention  to  the  following  rules 
in  the  interest  of  simplicity  and  clearness : 

1.  All  long  or  complex  memorandums  made  for  the  Chief  of  Staff 
or  the  Secretary  of  War  should  be  headed  by  the  word  "  Subject  " 
and  a  brief  of  the  subject  matter. 

2.  Memorandums  should  be  clear,  concise,   and  uninvolved.     In 
many   cases   numbered   paragraphs   will   conduce   to   simplicity   of 
understanding. 

1  See  footnote,  p.  23. 


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3.  It  is  usually  unnecessary  to  scatter  recommendations  through- 
out the  body  of  a  memorandum.    In  any  event,  a  summary  of  recom- 
mendations should  close  the  memorandum,  either  distinctly  separated 
from  the  explanatory  discussion  or  headed  by  the  word  "  Recom- 
mendations." 

4.  In  many  simple  cases  involving  the  preparation  of  a  letter  for 
the  signature  of  the  Secretary  of  War  an  accompanying  memo- 
randum  is   unnecessary — the   letter  being  self-explanatory   of   the 
reasons  for  its  preparation. 

Compliance  with  the  foregoing  rules  is  important  to  save  time  and 
labor  to  those  required  to  scrutinize  the  subject  matter  of  memo- 
randums; and  when  such  scrutiny  is  dispensed  with  to  obviate  the 
necessity  for  hunting  through  the  body  of  a  memorandum  for  specific 
recommendations. 

C.  D.  RHODES, 
Captain,  General  Staff  Corps,  Acting  Secretary. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

No.  68.          J  Washington,  May  26, 1911. 

The  following  compilation  and  condensation  of  existing  law;  regu- 
lations, and  orders  relating  to  the  General  Staff  Corps  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

1.  The  Chief  of  Staff  will  act  as  the  military  adviser  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  and  will  keep  him  informed  on  all  military  matters 
relating  to  the  Regular  Army,  and  also  on  all  such  relating  to  the 
militia   as  are  within  the  purview  of  the  War  Department.     The 
Chief  of  Staff  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  receives  from  him  the 
directions  and  orders  given  in  behalf  of  the  President,  and  gives 
effect  thereto  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

Exceptions  to  this  ordinary  course  of  administration  may,  how- 
ever, be  made  at  any  time  if  the  President  sees  fit  to  call  upon  the 
Chief  of  Staff  to  give  information  or  advice,  or  receive  instructions, 
directly. 

2.  He  will  issue,  through  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  all 
orders  and  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  War  affecting  the  Regular 
Army  and  the  Organized  Militia  when  called  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States;  and  through  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia 
Affairs  all  those  affecting  the  Organized  Militia  not  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States. 

3.  He  will,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  supervise 
all  staff  departments  and  corps,  all  troops  of  the  line  and  staff,  and 
all  other  matters  pertaining  to  the  military  establishment  of  the 
Regular  Army,  and  all  matters  relating  to  the  militia,  arising  in  the 
execution  of  acts  of  Congress  and  Executive  regulations  made  in 
pursuance  thereof,  and  will  perform  such  other  military  duties  as 
may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  President.     In  the  performance  of 
these  duties  the  Chief  of  Staff  will,  under  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  call  for  information,  make  investigations,  issue  instructions, 
and  exercise  all  other  functions  necessary  to  secure  proper  harmony 


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and  efficiency  of  action  upon  the  part  of  those  under  his  supervision. 
The  supervisory  power  vested  by  statute  in  the  Chief  of  Staff  covers 
primarily  duties  pertaining  to  the  command,  discipline,  training,  and 
recruitment  of  the  Army,  military  operations,  distribution  of  troops, 
inspections,  armaments,  fortifications,  military  education  and  instruc- 
tion, including  the  Military  Academy  and  all  service  schools,  and 
kindred  matters,  but  includes  also  in  an  advisory  capacity  such  duties 
connected  with  fiscal  administration  and  supply  as  are  committed  to 
him  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  All  proposed  legal  enactments  affect- 
ing the  Army  and  estimates  for  appropriations  for  its  support  will 
be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  the  consideration  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  In  order  that  the  Chief  of  Staff  may  effectively 
exercise  the  coordinating  and  supervisory  authority  vested  in  him 
by  statute,  the  annual  reports  of  division  and  department  com- 
manders and  bureau  chiefs,  as  well  as  the  annual  reports  of  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Military  Academy,  the  service  schools,  and 
other  subordinate  commanders,  will  be  submitted  to  him  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Secretary  of  War  prior  to  publication. 

For  purposes  of  administration  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  will 
constitute  a  supervising  military  bureau  of  the  War  Department. 

4.  In  case  of  absence  or  disability  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  the  senior 
assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  present  for  duty  will  act  as  chief. 

5.  The  detail  of  a  Chief  of  Staff  will  in  every  case  cease,  unless 
sooner  terminated^  on  the  day  following  the  expiration  of  the  term 
of  service  of  the  President  by  whom  the  detail  was  made;  and  if  at 
any  time  the  Chief  of  Staff  considers  that  he  can  no  longer  sustain 
toward  the  President  and  the  Secretary  of  War  a  relation  of  absolute 
confidence  and  personal  accord  and  sympathy  he  will  apply  to  be 
relieved. 

THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF   STAFF. 

6.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  authorized  a  secretary,  to  be  selected  from 
the  General  Staff  Corps,  and  will  arrange  his  office  in  four  divisions, 
as  follows: 

(a)  The  Mobile  Army  Division. 
ib)  The  Coast  Artillery  Division. 

(c)  The  Division  of  Militia  Affairs. 

(d)  The  War  College  Division. 

7.  Two  general  officers  of  the  General  Staff,  detailed  by  the  Presi- 
dent from  the  general  officers  of  the  Army,  and  the  Chief  of  Coast 
Artillery  and  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  who  shall 
be  a  general  officer,  will  be  designated  as  assistants  to  the  Chief  of 
Staff,  and  will  be  placed  in  charge  of  the  Mobile  Army  Division,  the 
War  College  Division,  the  Coast  Artillery  Division,  and  the  Division 
of  Militia  Affairs,  respectively.     The  Chief  of  the  Coast  Artillery 
Division  and  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Militia  Affars  shall  be 
additional  members  of  the  General  Staff. 

8.1  All  communications  relating  to  business  arising  in  the  Army, 
or  concerning  the  Army,  which  are  referred  to  the  Adjutant  General 

iThe  requirements  of  this  paragraph  do  not  abrogate  War  Department  orders  of 
November  7,  1905  : 

"  Matters  of  a  purely  civil  nature  will  be  referred  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  direct  to  the 
Secretary  of  War,  unless  otherwise  required  by  their  subject-matter."  See  orders,  Sec- 
retary of  War,  Apr.  14,  1906,  p.  16. 


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for  the  action  of  superior  authority,  and  which  do  not  come  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  chiefs  of  bureaus,  and  all  communications  relating 
to  business  concerning  the  Army  emanating  from  the  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department  requiring  the  action  of  higher  authority,  will  be 
submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

9.  All  papers  on  important  matters,  such  as  those  affecting  military 
policy  or  relating  to  the  expenditure  of  funds,  referred  to  an  assistant 
to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  remark  and  recommendation,  will  be  pre- 
sented by  him  in  person  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  with  a  memorandum  in 
each  case  giving  his  views  and  recommendations  thereon.  All  papers 
on  ordinary  routine  matters  so  referred  will  be  returned  directly  to 
the  secretary  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  with  a  like  memorandum  giving 
the  views  and  recommendations  of  the  assistant  concerned. 

10.1  Whenever,  in  the  consideration  of  a  matter  referred  to  him, 
an  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  finds  it  necessary  or  advisable,  be- 
fore submitting  his  recommendation  thereon,  to  cause  its  reference  or 
return  to  the  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  or  to  any  bureau  chief, 
or  to  a  military  authority  within  or  without  the  War  Department, 
for  information  or  for  any  intermediate  action  whatever,  the  assistant 
to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  acting  for  him  and  by  his  authority,  is  author- 
ized to  indicate  by  memorandum  to  the  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army,  or  to  the  bureau  chief  or  military  authority,  the  appropriate 
action  desired,  and  the  action  of  the  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff 
on  all  business  of  this  character  will  be  accepted  as  the  action  of  the 
Chief  of  Staff. 

2 11.  All  papers  involving  questions  of  general  policy,  the  estab- 
lishment or  reversal  of  precedents,  or  matters  of  special  or  extra- 
ordinary importance  will  be  submitted  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  person 
to  the  Secretary  of  War;  such  papers  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may 
direct  will  be  submitted  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  to  the  Assistant  Secre- 
tary of  War.  On  every  paper  submitted  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  he 
will  indorse  his  views  and  recommendations,  and  wherever  necessary 
each  case  will  also  show  the  recommendations,  reports,  or  informa- 
tion from  the  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  or  the  military  au- 
thorities outside  the  department.  Routine  business  and  papers  will 
be  acted  on  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  name  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
as  well  as  such  other  papers  and  business  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  indicate.  The  Chief  of  Staff  may  authorize  his  assistants  to  act 
for  him  in  unimportant  routine  cases. 

12.  The  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  charge  of  the  Mobile 
Army  Division,  the  Coast  Artillery  Division,  and  the  Division  of 
Militia  Affairs  will  keep  the  Chief  of  Staff  advised  at  all  times  of 
the  efficiency  of  the  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  Mobile  Army,  the 
Coast  Artillery,  and  the  militia,  respectively,  and  they  will,  as  cir- 
cumstances require,  make  such  recommendations  in  reference  thereto 
as  will  in  their  judgment  tetid  to  promote  efficiency.  In  like  manner 
the  assistant  in  charge  of  the  War  College  Division  will  keep  the 
Chief  of  Staff  advised  of  the  work  of  his  division  and  make  recom- 
mendations to  promote  its  efficiency. 

1  Correspondence  from  divisions  to  a  military  authority,  without  the  War  Department, 
to  be  sent  through   the  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army    (Mem.  of  June  8,   1911).     See 
also  memorandums  of  June  9  and  14,  1911,  pp.  30  and  31. 

2  This  paragraph  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of 
Apr.  14,  1908,  p.  16.     See  also  Memos.  Office  of  Chief  of  Staff,  June  9  and  14,  1911,  pp. 
30  and  31. 


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13.  The  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  may 
correspond  or  confer  directly  with  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department  and  with  each  other  on  matters  referred  to  them  for 
remark  and  recommendation.     They  may  correspond  directly  with 
the  commandants  of  the  service  schools  and  with  the  presidents  of  the 
technical  boards  of  the  branches  of  service  pertaining  to  their  divi- 
sions on  subjects  of  a  purely  technical  character  which  do  not  involve 
questions  of  command,  discipline,  or  administration  and  do  not  relate 
to  the  status  or  interests  of  individuals.    The  Chief  of  the  Division 
of  Militia  Affairs  may  also  in  like  manner  correspond  directly  with 
the  officials  of  the  various  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  also  with  officers  of  the  regular  service  detailed  for 
duty  therewith  under  section  20  of  the  act  approved  January  21, 
1903,  as  amended  by  the  act  approved  May  27,  1908,  or  those  who 
may  be  detailed  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved  March   3,   1911,   on   matters   pertaining  to   the   Organized 
Militia  not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

14.  The  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  are  charged  generally  with 
the  recommending  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  officers  in  the  different 
branches  of  the  Army  under  their  supervision  for  special  duty  and 
assignment  to  organizations   and   stations.     They   will   also   make 
recommendations  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  as  to  the  instruction  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men  in  those  branches,  and  as  to  examinations  and  trans- 
fer of  officers  to  them  and  for  promotion  therein;  and  will  recom- 
mend to  the  Chief  of  Staff  such  examinations  and  such  courses  and 
methods  of  instruction  in  the  service  schools  and  the  War  College 
and  elsewhere  under  their  respective  supervision  as  they  shall  deem 
requisite  to  insure  a  thoroughly  trained  and  educated  force.    To  this 
end  they  are  authorized,  with  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  to 
issue  directly  to  the  officers  in  branches  under  their  supervision 
bulletins  and  circulars  giving  information  on  current  military  mat- 
ters of  a  purely  technical  character  which  do  not  involve  questions  of 
command,  discipline,  or  administration,  and  do  not  relate  to  the 
status  or  interests  of  individuals. 

15.  The  offices  of  the  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  except  those 
of  the  assistants  in  charge  of  the  War  College  Division  and  the 
Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  will  not  be  offices  of  record  except  of  cor- 
respondence authorized  by  paragraph  12 ;  all  other  records  pertainmg 
to  the  duties  of  these  assistants  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army.    The  War  College  Division  will  be  the 
office  of  record  for  all  matters  pertaining  solely  to  the  work  of  that 
division ;  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs  will  be  the  office  of  record  of 
the  War  Department  for  all  matters  pertaining  solely  to  the  organ- 
ized militia  not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States ;  the  office  of  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  be  the  office  of  record  for  all 
other  matters  relating  to  the  work  of  these  divisions.     All  of  the 
records  referred  to  above,  which  are  kept  in  the  office  of  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army  will  be  available  whenever  needed  for 
the  official  use  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  or  any  assistant  to  the  Chief  of 
Staff. 

GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS. 

16.  The  duties  of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  under  direction  of  the 
Chief  of  Staff,  shall  be  to  prepare  plans  for  the  national  defense,  and 
for  the  mobilization  of  the  military  forces  in  time  of  war ;  to  invest!- 


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gate  and  report  upon  all  questions  affecting  the  efficiency  of  the  Army 
and  its  state  of  preparation  for  military  operations;  to  render  pro- 
fessional aid  and  assistance  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  to  general 
officers  and  other  superior  commanders;  to  act  as  their  agents  in 
informing  and  coordinating  the  action  of  all  the  different  officers 
who  are  by  law  under  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff;  and  to 
perform  such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned  by  law  as 
may  be  from  time  to  time  prescribed  by  the  President.  While  serving 
in  the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  may  be  assigned  to  duty  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  with  any  branch  of  the  Army. 

17.  The  general  officers  authorized  by  law  for  the  General  Staff 
Corps,  except  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery,  are  detailed  by  the  Presi- 
dent from  the  general  officers  of  the  Army.    The  Chief  of  the  Division 
of  Militia  Affairs  is  also  so  detailed.    All  details  to  vacancies  in  the 
General  Staff  Corps  in  grades  other  than  those  of  general  officers  will 
be  filled  on  the  recommendation  of  a  board  of  five  general  officers,  not 
more  than  two  of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the  General  Staff  Corps, 
convened  by  the  Secretary  of  War  at  such  times  as  may  be  necessary. 
The  board  will  be  sworn  to  recommend  officers  solely  on  their  profes- 
sional efficiency,  on  their  probable  aptitude,  and  fitness  for  General 
Staff  service,  and  will  select  such  number  of  officers  of  the  proper 
grades  to  fill  existing  or  expected  vacancies  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  direct.     Officers  may  be  redetailed,  subject  to  the  conditions  of 
paragraph  18,  when  eligible,  by  the  Chief  of  Staff  on  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

18.  Officers  will  be  detailed  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  for  a  period 
of  four  years  unless  sooner  relieved.     Upon  being  relieved  from  such 
duty  they  will  return  to  the  branch  of  the  Army  in  which  they  hold 
permanent  commissions,  and  except  in  case  of  emergency  or  in  time 
of  war  will  not  be  eligible  to  further  detail  in  the  General  Staff  Corps 
until  they  have  served  for  two  years  in  the  branch  of  the  Army  to 
which  they  belong.     This  ineligibility  will  not,  however,  apply  to 
any  officer  who  may  have  been  relieved  prior  to  the  expiration  of  his 
four  years'  detail  with  the  corps,  but  such  officer  will  become  in- 
eligible as  soon  as  he  shall  have  completed  a  total  of  four  years  with 
the  corps,  and  will  not  be  again  eligible  until  after  two  years'  service 
in  the  branch  of  the  Army  to  which  he  belongs.     The  provisions  of 
this  paragraph  will  apply  to  all  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps. 

19.  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  other  than  the  Chief  of 
Staff  will  be  assigned  to  duty  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  and 
also  to  duty  with  other  general  officers  and  superior  commanders. 
Those  on  duty  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  will  perform  such 
duties  under  the  law  as  he  may  direct ;   those  assigned  to  duty  with 
other  general  officers  and  superior  commanders  will  serve  under  the 
immediate  orders  of  such  commanders  and  assist  them  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  military  duties. 

20.  The  senior  officer  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  assigned  to  duty 
with  the  command  of  a  general  officer  or  other  superior  commander, 
unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  will  be  the  chief 
of  staff  of  the  command.     He  will  bear  the  same  relation  as  adviser 
to  the  commanding  general  or  other  commanders  as  does  the  Chief 
of  Staff  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  will  in  like  manner  supervise 
all  troops  of  the  line  and  staff  and  all  bureaus  included  in  the  com- 
mand.   All  General  Staff  officers  assigned  to  such  duty  will  en- 


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deavor  in  every  way  to  assist  in  carrying  out  the  general  duties  pre- 
scribed by  law  for  the  General  Staff  Corps.  General  Staff  officers 
attached  to  commands  in  the  field  will  keep  careful  journals  of 
operations,  from  which  they  wil  compile  reports  of  these  operations 
for  the  use  of  their  immediate  commanders  and  also  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  War  Department.  When  a  commanding  general  is  tem- 
porarily absent  from  his  command  and  his  duties  have  not  been  for- 
mally assumed  by  the  next  in  rank  the  chief  of  staff  of  the  command 
will  act  as  his  representative  in  his  absence. 
By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

LEONARD  WOOD, 
Major  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 

Official : 

HENRY  P.  McCAiN, 

Adjutant  General. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  June  9,  1911. 

MEMOBANDUM  FOB  THE  CHIEF,  MOBILE  ABMY  DIVISION  ;  THE  CHIEF,  COAST  ABTIL- 
LEBY  DIVISION  ;  THE  CHIEF,  DIVISION  OF  MILITIA  AFFAIBS  ',  THE  CHIEF,  THE  WAB 
COLLEGE  DIVISION. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  directs  that  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
paragraph  10  and  last  sentence  of  paragraph  11,  General  Orders, 
No.  68,  War  Department,  current  series,  the  chiefs  of  divisions,  in 
acting  for  the  Chief  of  Staff,  use  the  forms  shown  on  accompanying 
paper.1 

Kubber  stamps  will  be  supplied  as  soon  as  they  can  be  made. 
Very  respectfully, 

WM.  S.  GRAVES, 
Major,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 

1  Accompanying  paper. 
Approved  : 


By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Approved : 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 


Approved : 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Approved  : 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 


Major-Gen'l,  Chief  of  Mobile  Army  Division, 
For  Chief  of  Staff. 


Brig.  Geril.,  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  Division. 
For  Chief  of  Staff. 


Brig.  Qen'l.,  Chief  of  Div.  Militia  Affairs. 
For  Chief  of  Staff. 


Chief  of  War  College  Division. 
For  Chief  of  Staff. 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  CHIEF  OF  STAFF, 

Washington,  June  H,  1911. 

MEMORANDUM   OF  INSTRUCTIONS   FOR   ASSISTANTS   TO  THE  CHIEF  OF   STAFF. 

Under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  11,  General  Orders,  No.  68, 
War  Department,  the  Chief  of  Staff  authorizes  the  assistants  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff  in  charge  of  the  Mobile  Army  Division,  the  Coast 
Artillery  Division,  the  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  and  the  Wai- 
College  Division  "to  act  for  him  in  unimportant  cases."  In  carry- 
ing out  these  instructions  the  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  will 
sign  memoranda  relating  to  such  cases  as  instructed  in  memorandum 
from  this  office,  dated  June  9, 1911,  copy  of  which  is  hereto  attached ; 
all  other  memoranda  and  papers  requiring  their  official  signatures 
will  be  signed  by  them,  respectively,  as  follows : 

(a)    (Rank),  Chief  of  Mobile  Army  Division, 

Asst.  to  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
(b)    (Rank),  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  Division, 

Asst.  to  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
(c)    (Hank),  Chief  of  Div.  Militia  Affairs, 

Asst.  to  the  Chief  of  Staff, 
(d)   (Rank),  Chief  of  War  College  Division, 

Asst.  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

By  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff: 

WM.  S.  GRAVE, 
Major,  General  Staff  Corps,  Secretary. 

ARMY  REGULATIONS. 

196.  A  territorial  division  commander's  staff  will  consist  of  his 
authorized  personal  aids  and  one  officer  from  each  of  the  following 
corps  and  departments:  General  Staff  Corps,  Adjutant  General's 
Department,  Inspector  General's  Department,  Judge  Advocate  Gen- 
eral's Department,  Quartermaster's  Department,  Subsistence  Depart- 
ment, Medical  Department,  Pay  Department,  Corps  of  Engineers, 
Ordnance  Department,  Signal  Corps,  and,  in  divisions  embracing 
coast  defenses,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  and  such  additional  staff 
officers  as  may  be  assigned  by  the  War  Department.  The  division 
commander  will  control  matters  of  supply  and  administration  within 
his  command;  and,  in  all  territorial  divisions  correspondence  with 
the  War  Department  will  be  through  the  division  commander,  unless 
otherwise  directed  in  Army  Regulations  and  War  Department  orders. 

The  chief  paymaster  will  make  a  portion  of  the  payments  in  the 
command.  The  duties  prescribed  for  the  inspector  of  small-arms 
practice  will  be  performed  by  an  aid  or  other  officer  of  the  division 
commander's  staff.  The  Coast  Artillery  officer  will  act  in  an  ad- 
visory capacity  to  the  division  commander  with  respect  to  matters 
pertaining  to  the  efficiency  of  Coast  Artillery  materiel  and  to  the 
drill,  instruction,  and  employment  of  Coast  Artillery  troops  in  con- 
nection with  coast  defense  generally. 

199.  The  official  designation  of  the  senior  officers  of  the  staff  corps 
and  departments  on  the  staff  of  division  or  department  commanders 
will  be  as  follows: 

Of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  Chief  of  Staff;  of  the  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral's Department,  Adjutant  General;  of  the  Inspector  General's  De- 


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partment,  Inspector  General;  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General's  De- 

Sartment,  Judge  Advocate;  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
hief  Quartermaster;  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  Chief  Com- 
missary; of  the  Medical  Department,  Chief  Surgeon;  of  the  Pay 
Department,  Chief  Paymaster;  of  the  Engineer  Corps,  Chief  Engi- 
neer Officer;  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  Chief  Ordnance  Officer; 
of  the  Signal  Corps,  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

When  one  of  the  required  staff  officers  is  not  assigned,  or  a  staff 
officer  is  temporarily  absent  or  disabled,  the  duties  of  his  position  will 
be  performed  by  the  assistant,  if  any,  or  by  other  members  of  the 
staff. 

303.  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  to  keep 
the  Chief  of  Staff  advised  at  all  times  of  the  efficiency  of  the  per- 
sonnel and  materiel  of  the  Coast  Artillery,  and  he  shall,  as  circum- 
stances require,  make  such  recommendations  in  reference  thereto  as 
shall  in  his  judgment  tend  to  promote  efficiency. 

2.  He  shall  from  time  to  time,  and  as  frequently  as  conditions  re- 
quire, confer  directly  with  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment and   advise  them  of  all  matters  relating  to  Coast  Artillery 
materiel  or  personnel  that  pertain  to  their  respective  branches  of  the 
service,  which  the  experience  and  observation  of  the  Coast  Artillery 
arm  of  the  service  show  to  be  of  practical  importance.     In  like  man- 
ner he  may  correspond  directly  with  the  commandant  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  School,  and  with  the  president  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Board, 
on  Coast  Artillery  questions  of  a  purely  technical  character  which 
do  not  involve  matters  of  command,  discipline,  or  administration, 
and  do  not  relate  to  the  status  or  interests  of  individuals. 

3.  He  shall  make  recommendations  as  to  the  instruction  of  Coast 
Artillery  officers  and  men,  and  as  to  examinations  for  appointment 
and  transfer  of  officers  to  the  Coast  Artillery  arm  and  for  promotion 
therein,  and  shall  recommend  such  examinations  and  such  courses 
and  methods  of  instruction  in  the  Coast  Artillery  School  and  else- 
where as  he  shall  deem  requisite  to  secure  a  thoroughly  trained  and 
educated  force ;  to  this  end  he  is  authorized  to  issue  directly  to  Coast 
Artillery  officers  bulletins  and  circulars  of  information  on  current 
Coast  Artillery  matters  of  a  purely  technical  character  which  do  not 
involve  matters  of  command,  discipline,  or  administration  and  do 
not  relate  to  the  status  or  interests  of  individuals. 

4.  He  is  charged  generally  with  the  recommending  of  officers  of 
Coast  Artillery  for  special  duty  and  assignment  to  Coast  Artillery 
organizations  and  stations. 

5.  He  shall  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortifica- 
tion and  is  by  law  a  member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps. 

6.  The  office  of  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery  will  form  a  part  of  the 
office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  will  not  be  an  office  of  record  except 
of  correspondence  authorized  by  section  2  of  this  paragraph.     All 
other  records  pertaining  to  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  the  Chief 
of  Coast  Artillery  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army,  to  whom  all  communications  from  the  Coast  Artillery 
Corps,  intended  for  the  War  Department,  except  such  communica- 
tions as  may  be  addressed  directly  to  the  Chief  of  Coast  Artillery 
under  section  2  of  this  paragraph,  shall  be  addressed  as  required  by 
paragraph  795. 


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7.  Nothing  in  these  regulations  shall  be  deemed  to  relieve  the  com- 
manders of  the  Philippines  Division  and  the  several  military  depart- 
ments of  the  duties  of  inspection  and  command,  or  of  the  responsibility 
for  the  condition  and  efficiency  of  the  materiel  and  personnel  of  the 
Coast  Artillery  in  the  division  and  the  several  departments  as  now 
provided  by  regulations. 

ARTICLE  LIX.1 

GENERAL    STAFF    CORPS. 

763.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  created  in  conformity  to  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  February  14,  1903,  is  composed  of  officers  of  the 
grades  and  number  specified  in  said  act,  detailed  for  service  in  said 
corps  for  a  period  of  four  years  unless  sooner  relieved,  under  rules  of 
selection  prescribed  by  the  President.    Upon  being  relieved  from  duty 
in  the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  return  to  the  branch  of  the  Army 
in  which  they  hold  permanent  commissions,  and  except  in  case  of 
emergency  or  in  time  of  war  are  not  eligible  to  further  detail  therein 
until  they  have  served  for  two  years  with  the  branch  of  the  Army  in 
which  commissioned.    This  ineligibility  does  not  apply  to  any  officer 
who  has  been  relieved  prior  to  the  expiration  of  four  years'  duty  with 
the  corps;  but  such  officer  will  become  ineligible  as  soon  as  he  shall 
have  completed  a  total  of  four  years  of  said  duty.    While  serving  in 
the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  may  be  temporarily  assigned  to  duty 
with  any  branch  of  the  Army. 

764.  The  law  establishes  the  General  Staff  Corps  as  a  separate  and 
distinct  staff  organization,  the  chief  of  which  has  supervision,  under 
superior  authority,  over  all  branches  of  the  military  service,  line  and 
staff,  except  such  as  are  exempted  therefrom  by  law  or  regulations, 
with  a  view  to  their  coordination  and  harmonious  cooperation  in  the 
execution  of  authorized  military  policies. 

765.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of 
Staff,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  and  reporting  upon 
all  questions  affecting  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  prepa- 
ration for  military  operations,  and  to  this  end  considers  and  reports 
upon  all  questions  relating  to  organization,  distribution,  equipment, 
armament,  and  training  of  the  military  forces  (Regulars,  volunteers, 
and  militia),  proposed  legislative  enactments  and  general  and  special 
regulations    affecting    the    Army,    transportation,    communications, 
quarters,   and   supplies;    prepares   projects   for  maneuvers;   revises 
estimates  for  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  and  advises 
as  to  disbursement  of  such  appropriations;  exercises  supervision  over 
inspections,  military  education  and  instructon,  examinations  for  the 
appointment  and  promotion  of  officers,  efficiency  records,  details  and 
assignments,  and  all  orders  and  instructions  originating  in  the  course 
of  administration  in  any  branch  of  the  service  which  have  relation  to 
the  efficiency  of  the  military  forces;  prepares  important  orders  and 
correspondence  embodying  the  orders  and  instructions  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Secretary  of  War  to  the  Army;  reviews  the  reports  of 
examining  and  retiring  boards,  and  acts  upon  such  other  matters  as 
the  Secretary  of  War  may  determine. 

1  This  article  is  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  of  Apr. 
14,  1906,  p.  16. 


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766.  The   General   Staff   Corps,  under  like   direction,  is  further 
.charged  with  the  duty  of  preparing  plans  for  the  national  defe»i:->e 
and  for  the  mobilization  of  the  military  forces  (including  the  assign- 
ment to  armies,  corps,  divisions,  and  other  headquarters  of  the  neces- 
sary quota  of  general  staff  and  other  staff  officers),  and  incident 
thereto  with  the  study  of  possible  theaters  of  war  and  of  strategic 
questions  in  general;  with  the  collection  of  military  information  of 
foreign  countries  and  of  our  own;  the  preparation  of  plans  of  cam- 
paign, of  reports  of  campaigns,  battles,  engagements,  and  expeditions, 
and  of  technical  histories  of  military  operations  of  the  United  States. 

767.  To  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  committed  the  fur- 
ther duties  of  rendering  professional  aid  and  assistance  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  and  to  general  officers  and  other  superior  commanders 
and  of  acting  as  their  agents  in  informing,  and  coordinating  the 
action  of,  all  the  different  officers  who  are  subject  under  the  pro- 
visions of  law  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

They  perform  such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned 
by  law  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  prescribed  by  the  President. 
Under  the  authority  here  conferred  officers  of  the  General  Staff 
Corps  are  intrusted  with  the  executive  duties  hereinafter  indicated. 

768.  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  assigned  to  duty  with 
commanders  of  armies,  corps,  divisions,  separate  brigades,  and  terri- 
torial divisions  are  collectively  denominated  the  General  Staff  serv- 
ing with  troops.     They  serve  under  the  immediate  orders  of  such 
commanders;  those  not  so  assigned  perform  duty  under  the  imme- 
diate direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  constitute  the  War  De- 
partment General  Staff. 

769.  The  assignment  of  duties  to  the  General  Staff  Corps  does  not 
involve  in  any  degree  the  impairment  of  the  initiative  and  respon- 
sibility which"  special  staff  corps  and  departments  have  in  the  trans- 
action of  current  business. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT  GENERAL  STAFF. 

770.  To  facilitate  the  performance  of  its  duties,  the  War  Depart- 
ment General   Staff  will  be  arranged  in  sections,  each  under  the 
direction  of  an  officer  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  to  be  designated 
by  the  Chief  of  Staff.     Such  committees  will  be  designated  in  the 
sections  from  time  to  time  as  may  be  necessary  to  facilitate  the 
transaction  of  business  in  hand. 

771.  The  War  Department  General  Staff  in  its  several  sections  and 
committees  stands  in  an  advisory  relation  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  in 
the  performance  of  the  duties  herein  devolved  upon  him.    The  dis- 
tribution of  duties  to  the  several  sections  and  committees  is  regulated 
by  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

772.  Under  the  act  of  February  14, 1903,  the  command  of  the  Army 
of  the  United  States  rests  with  the  constitutional  Commander  in 
Chief,  the  President,    The  President  will  place  parts  of  the  Army, 
and  separate  armies  whenever  constituted,  under  commanders  sub- 
ordinate to  his  general  command;  and,  in  case  of  exigency  seeming 
to  him  to  require  it,  he  may  place  the  whole  Army  under  a  single 
commander  subordinate  to  him;  but  in  time  of  peace  and  under  ordi- 


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nary  conditions  the  administration  and  control  of  the  Army- are 
effected  without  any  second  in  command. 

The  President's  command  is  exercised  through  the  Secretary  of 
War  and  the  Chief  of  Staff.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  charged  with 
carrying  out  the  policies  of  the  President  in  military  affairs.  He 
directly  represents  the  President  and  is  bound  always  to  act  in  con- 
formity to  the  President's  instructions.  Under  the  law  and  the  de- 
cisions of  the  Supreme  Court  his  acts  are  the  President's  acts  and  his 
directions  and  orders  are  the  President's  directions  and  orders. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  acts  as  his 
military  adviser,  receives  from  him  the  directions  and  orders  given 
in  behalf  of  the  President,  and  gives  effect  thereto  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  provided.  For  purposes  of  administration  the  office  of 
the  Chief  of  Staff  will  constitute  a  supervising  military  bureau  of  the 
War  Department. 

Exceptions  to  this  ordinary  course  of  administration  may,  how- 
ever, be  made  at  any  time  if  the  President  sees  fit  to  call  upon  the 
Chief  of  Staff  to  give  information  or  advice,  or  receive  instructions, 
directly. 

Wherever  in  these  regulations  action  by  the  President  is  referred 
to,  the  action  of  the  President  through  the  Secretary  of  War  is  in- 
cluded ;  and  wherever  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  referred 
to,  the  Secretary  of  War  is  deemed  to  act  as  the  representative  of 
the  President  and  under  his  direction. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  is  detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the 
Army  at  large  not  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general.  The  success- 
ful performance  of  the  duties  of  the  position  requires  what  the  title 
denotes — a  relation  of  absolute  confidence  and  personal  accord  and 
sympathy  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  President,  and  neces- 
sarily also  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  Secretary  of  War.  For 
this  reason,  without  any  reflection  whatever  upon  the  officer  detailed, 
the  detail  will  in  every  case  cease,  unless  sooner  terminated,  on  the 
day  following  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  office  of  the  President  by 
whom  the  detail  is  made ;  and  if  at  any  time  the  Chief  of  Staff  con- 
siders that  he  can  no  longer  sustain  toward  the  President  and  the 
Secretary  of  War  the  relations  above  described,  it  will  be  his  duty  to 
apply  to  be  relieved. 

The  provisions  of  paragraph  763  regarding  the  redetail  of  an  officer 
who  has  not  completed  a  total  of  four  years'  service  apply  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff. 

773.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  as  limited  and  provided  by  law 
with  the  duty  of  supervising,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  all  troops  of  the  line,  the  Adjutant  General's,  Inspector  Gen- 
eral's, Judge  Advocate  General's,  Quartermaster's.  Subsistence,  Medi- 
cal, Pay,  and  Ordnance  Departments,  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  and 
the  Signal  Corps.    He  performs  such  other  military  duties  not  other- 
wise assigned  by  law  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  President. 

774.  The  supervisory  power  vested  by  statute  in  the  Chief  of  Staff 
covers  primarily  duties  pertaining  to  the  command,  discipline,  train- 
ing, and  recruitment  of  the  Army,  military  operations,  distribution 
of  troops,  inspections,  armament,  fortifications,  military  education 
and  instruction,  and  kindred  matters,  but  includes  also,  in  an  advisory 
capacity,  such  duties  connected  with  fiscal  administration  and  supply 
as  are  committed  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 


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In  respect  to  all  duties  within  the  scope  of  his  supervisory  power, 
and  more  particularly  those  duties  enumerated  in  this  and  the  fol- 
lowing paragraph,  he  makes  and  causes  to  be  made  inspections  to  de- 
termine defects  which  may  exist  in  any  matter  affecting  the  efficiency 
of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation  for  war.  He  keeps  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  constantly  informed  of  defects  discovered,  and  under 
his  direction  issues  the  necessary  instructions  for  their  correction. 

775.1  Supervisory  power  is  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  over 
all  matters  arising  in  the  execution  of  acts  of  Congress  and  Executive 
regulations  made  in  pursuance  thereof  relating  to  the  militia.  This 
supervision  is  especially  directed  to  matters  of  organization,  arma- 
ment, equipment,  discipline,  training,  and  inspections.  Proposed 
legal  enactments  and  regulations  affecting  the  militia  and  estimates 
for  appropriations  for  its  support  are  considered  by  him,  and  his 
recommendations  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

776.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  informing  the 
Secretary  of  War  as  to  the  qualifications  of  officers  as  determined  by 
their  records,  with  a  view  to  proper  selection  for  special  details,  as- 
signments, and  promotions,  including  detail  to  and  relief  from  the 
General  Staff  Corps;  also  of  presenting  recommendations  for  the 
recognition  of  special  or  distinguished  services. 

777.  All  orders  and  instructions  emanating  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  all  regulations  affecting  the  Army  or  the  status  of  officers 
or  enlisted  men  therein,  are  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War  through 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  and  are  communicated  to  troops  and  individuals 
in  the  military  service  through  the  Adjustant  General  of  the  Army. 

778.  The  assignment  of  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  to  sta- 
tions and  duties  is  made  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of 
Staff. 

779.  In  case  of  absence  or  disability  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  the  senior 
officer  of  the  General  Staff  present  for  duty  in  Washington  shall  act 
as  such  chief  unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

780.  In  the  performance  of  the  duties  hereinbefore  enumerated  and 
in  representation  of  superior  authority,  the  Chief  of  Staff  calls  for 
information,  makes  investigations,  issues  instructions,  and  exercises 
all  other  functions  necessary  to  secure  proper  harmony  and  efficiency 
of  action  upon  the  part  of  those  placed  under  his  supervision. 

THE  GENERAL  STAFF  SERVING  WITH  TROOPS. 

781.  The  general  staff  of  a  command  consists  of  general  staff  officers 
of  such  number  and  grades  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  on  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

782.  The  senior  general  staff  officer  on  duty  with  a  command  shall, 
unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  War  Department,  be  the  chief  of 
staff  of  the  command.     Ordinarily  he  will  be  so  assigned  by  the  War 
Department. 

783.  The  duties  of  the  chief  of  staff  of  a  command  are  as  prescribed 
for  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  in  paragraphs  765  to  768,  and 
in  addition  he  will,  under  direction  of  the  commander  of  the  troops, 

1  Under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  775,  Army  Regulations,  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of 
Militia  Affairs  will  report  to  the  Chief  of  Staff.  (General  Order  141,  War  Dept.,  1910.) 


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perform  all  duties  analogous  to  those  devolved  by  paragraphs  773  to 
780  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army.  The  other  general  staff 
officers  serving  with  troops  are  employed  under  the  direction  of  the 
commanders  thereof  upon  the  duties  prescribed  for  officers  of  the 
General  Staff  Corps,  and  they  shall  perform  such  other  duties  within 
the  scope  of  general  staff  employment  as  may  be  directed  by  such 
commanders.  General  staff  officers  will  not  be  assigned  to  other  than 
general  staff  duties  except  by  special  authority  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 

784.  The  two  general  officers   authorized   for  the  General  Staff 
Corps  are  detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the  Army  at 
large  not  below  the  grade  of  brigadier  general.     All  vacancies  that 
may  occur  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  in  grades  below  that  of  briga- 
dier general  will  be  filled  on  the  recommendation  of  a  board  of  five 
general  officers  of  the  line,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  be  mem- 
bers of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  convened  by  the  War  Department  at 
such  times  as  may  be  necessary.     The  board  will  be  sworn  to  recom- 
mend officers  solely  on  their  professional  efficiency,  and  on  their  prob- 
able aptitude  and  fitness  for  general  staff  service,  and  will  select  such 
number  of  officers  of  the  proper  grades  to  fill  existing  or  expected 
vacancies,  as  the  War  Department  may  direct. 

785.  The  Adjutant  General's  Department  is  the  department  of 
records,  orders,  and  correspondence  of  the  Army  and  the  militia. 

The  Adjutant  General  is  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  and  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  in 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  command,  discipline,  or  administration 
of  the  existing  military  establishment,  with  the  duty  of  recording, 
authenticating,  and  communicating  to  troops  and  individuals  in  the 
military  service  all  orders,  instructions,  and  regulations  issued  by 
the  Secretary  of  War  through  the  Chief  of  Staff ;  of  preparing  and 
distributing  commissions;  of  compiling  and  issuing  the  Army  Reg- 
ister and  the  Army  List  and  Directory;  of  consolidating  the  general 
returns  of  the  Army;  of  arranging  and  preserving  the  reports  of 
officers  detailed  to  visit  encampments  of  militia;  of  preparing  the 
annual  returns  of  the  militia  required  by  law  to  be  submitted  to  Con- 
gress ;  of  managing  the  recruiting  service ;  and  of  recording  and  issu- 
ing orders  from  the  War  Department  remitting  or  mitigating  sen- 
tences of  military  convicts  who  have  been  discharged  from  the 
military  service. 

******* 

830.  After  every  battle  or  engagement  with  the  enemy,  written  re- 
ports thereof  will  be  made  by  commanders  of  regiments,  separate 
battalions  or  squadrons,  companies  or  detachments,  and  by  all  com- 
manders of  a  higher  grade,  each  in  what  concerns  his  own  command, 
which  reports  will  be  forwarded,  through  the  proper  channel,  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  It  shall  be  the  especial  duty  of 
all  General  Staff  officers  attached  to  commands  in  the  field  to  keep 
careful  journals  of  the  operations,  from  which  they  will  compile 
reports  of  said  operations  for  their  immediate  commanders. 

909.  Reports  of  prescribed  inspections  of  troops,  stations,  and 
accounts  of  disbursing  officers  under  the  authority  of  department 
or  division  commanders  will  be  forwarded,  through  military  chan- 


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nels,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  transmitted  to  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army.  In  case  irregularities,  deficiencies, 
or  misconduct  are  reported,  a  commander  in  forwarding  a  report  will 
state  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or  will  apply  to  correct  them, 
adding  any  recommendations  that  he  may  desire  to  make.  All  other 
reports  of  inspections  will  be  forwarded  directly  to  the  Inspector 
General  of  the  Army,  except  when  otherwise  specially  directed,  and 
all  inspection  reports  not  confidential  will  be  filed  in  his  office.  The 
Inspector  General  will  submit  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  all  reports  that 
contain  matters  requiring  correction. 

921.  Inspectors  will  examine  all  property  properly  presented  for 
condemnation.  When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed,  one 
inventory  and  inspection  report  will  be  forwarded  by  the  inspecting 
officer,  through  proper  channels,  to  the  Inspector  General  of  the 
Army  and  the  others  will  be  delivered  to  the  accountable  officer.  In 
cases  in  which  the  inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  property,  or 
its  transfer  to  depots,  he  will  forward  all  the  inventories  and  inspec- 
tion reports  to  department,  division,  or  Army  corps  headquarters,  and 
if  the  inspector's  action  is  approved  by  the  department,  division,  or 
Army  corps  commander,  two  will  be  returned  to  the  accountable 
officer  and  the  other  forwarded,  through  proper  military  channels, 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  to  be  transmitted  to  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  and,  in  similar  cases,  when  the  ac- 
countable officer  is  not  serving  under  the  department,  division,  or 
Army  corps  commander  and  all  the  property  has  been  destroyed,  one 
copy  of  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer,  or 
if  sale  or  transfer  of  the  property  is  recommended,  the  inspecting 
officer  will  forward  all  the  inventories  and  inspection  reports  to  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  forward  them  to  the  Chief 
of  Staff  through  the  chief  of  the  bureau  concerned ;  one  copy  will  be 
returned  to  the  Inspector  General  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer. 

936.  The  reports  which  the  Judge  Advocate  General  of  the  Army 
may  render  upon  cases  received  by  him,  and  which  require  the  action 
of  the  President,  will  be  transmitted  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  for  record  and  for  submission  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  for  the 
consideration  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  President,  After  final 
action  is  had  by  superior  authority  in  such  cases,  all  the  papers  will- 
be  returned  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who,  before  pub- 
lishing the  action  taken,  will  refer  the  papers  to  the  Judge  Advocate 
General  of  the  Army  for  further  scrutiny. 

795.  Except  as  otherwise  specially  authorised  or  required  by  Army 
Regulations,  all  official  communications  from  officers  and  enlisted  men 
of  the  Army  outside  of  the  War  Department  intended  for  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  or  for  any  bureau  or  office  of  the  War  Department  will 
be  in  writing  and  addressed  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army, 
who  will  submit  all  business,  coming  to  him  from  the  Army,  which 
requires  action  in  the  War  Department  or  by  the  President  and  which 
does  not  come  within  the  jurisdiction  of  chiefs  of  bureaus,  to  the 
Chief  of  Staff,  to  be  acted  upon  by  him  in  conformity  to  the  rules 
duly  prescribed  for  that  purpose  by  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

Correspondence  of  the  War  Department  with  the  Army  will  be 
through  or  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 


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797.  Correspondence  between  an  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  depart- 
ment and  the  chief  of  the  War  Department  bureau  in  which  he  is 
serving,  which  does  not  involve  questions  of  administrative  responsi- 
bility within  the  supervision  of  commanding  officers  outside  that  staff 
corps  or  department  nor  relate  to  individual  interests  or  status  of  a 
military  nature  requiring  the  action  of  authority  outside  that  staff 
corps  or  department,  and  which  is  concerned  exclusively  with  the 
business  of  that  staff  corps  or  department,  will  pass  directly.  All 
business  emanating  from  the  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  requir- 
ing the  action  of  higher  authority  will  be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of 
Staff  for  his  consideration,  either  orally  in  person,  or  in  writing 
through  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  In  all  cases  the  action 
of  higher  authority  thereon  will  be  communicated  in  writing  by  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  to  those  concerned.  Matters,  however, 
of  a  purely  civil  nature  will  be  submitted  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  directly 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  unless  otherwise  required  by  their  subject 
matter. 

1528.  When  the  Chief  of  Engineers  is  satisfied  that  any  fortifica- 
tion or  any  of  its  accessories  is  in  all  respects  complete,  so  far  as  the 
functions  of  his  department  are  concerned,  he  will  give  notice  thereof, 
in  writing,  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  that  it  may  be  turned  over  to  the 
troops  for  use  and  care.  Until  its  completion  has  been  so  announced, 
no  work  will  be  occupied  by  troops  except  by  the  special  order  of  the 
War  Department. 

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